TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1845-1847. 435 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 

 July 15, 1846. 



Resolved, etc. , That of the thirty -seven copies of the narrative and 

 scientific works of the exploring expedition, deposited, and to be 

 deposited, in the library of Congress, one copy shall be presented to 

 the State of Florida; and whenever any new State shall be admitted 

 into the Union, one copy of said works shall be presented to such State. 



(Stat., IX, 111.) 



August 10, 1846. 



Civil and diplomatic act for 1847. 



For continuing the publication of the works of the exploring expe- 

 dition, including the printing of charts, the pay of the scientific corps, 

 and the salary of the horticulturist, $30,000. 



(Stat., IX, 94.) 



March 3, 1847. 



Civil and diplomatic act for 1848. 



For continuing the publication of the works of the exploring expe- 

 dition, including the printing of the charts, the pay of the scientific 

 corps, salary of the horticulturist, and care of the collections, $15,000. 



(Stat, IX, 164.) 



CATLIN JENDIAN GALLERY. 

 July 24, 1846 House. 



Mr. W. W. CAMPBELL, from the Joint Committee on the Library, 

 to which was referred the memorial of Mr. Catlin for the purchase of 

 his gallery of Indian collections of paintings, made a report thereon, 

 and recommended an amendment to the bill of the Houtee "To estab- 

 lish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of 

 knowledge among men," providing for the purchase of said gallery 

 of Indian collections of paintings, which report was laid upon the 

 table. 

 February 27, 1847 Senate. 



Mr. J. M. CLAYTON moved an amendment to the civil and diplo- 

 matic appropriation bill appropriating a sum ($5,000) to be paid 

 annually for the purchase of Catlin's gallery of Indian portraits, etc. 



Mr. Clayton stated that this was probably the last opportunity which 

 would be offered for obtaining this gallery of paintings perpetuating 

 the lineaments of these aborigines. He would not now go into the 

 merits of these paintings. They had been seen by all the Senators. 

 At the last session memorials had been presented from the principal 

 artists praying that they might be purchased by the Government, 

 and this was the last opportunity. They were about six hundred 

 in number and were now at the Louvre, in Paris, where they met with 

 unqualified approbation. It was provided by his amendment that they 

 were not to be purchased unless the Smithsonian Institution would find 



