THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1853-1855. 507 



March 3, 1855 House. 



Mr. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH. Mr. Speaker, what disposition was made 

 of the annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution? Was there an order to print? 



The SPEAKER (Mr. LINN Bo YD). The report was laid upon the table 

 and ordered to be printed. 



Mr. ENGLISH. Has there been a motion made to print the usual 

 number of extra copies? 



The SPEAKER. There has not; but that motion is now in order, and 

 will go to the Committee on Printing. 



Mr. ENGLISH. I submit that motion. 



The proposition for the printing of extra copies of the report was 

 referred to the Committee on Printing. 



Mr. SAMUEL RUSSELL. I am instructed by the Committee on Print- 

 ing to offer the following resolution: 



Resolved, That there be printed six thousand extra copies of the annual report of 

 the Smithsonian Institution four thousand for the use of members, and two thousand 

 for the Institution. 



Adopted. 



METEOROLOGY JAMES P. ESPY. 

 July 25, 1854 House. 



The House having under consideration as in Committee of the 

 Whole the navy appropriation bill 



Mr. S. G. HAVEN said: I offer the following amendment, not by di- 

 rection of the committee, for I take it that the committee is against me: 



To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay the salary of Professor James P. Espy 

 for the current fiscal year, ending thirtieth June, 1855, $2,000; payment to be made 

 in the same manner and under like control as former appropriations for meteorolog- 

 ical observations. 



Mr. J. S. PHELPS. I rise to a question of order on the amendment. 



Mr. HAVEN. Let me state just why I think the amendment is in 

 order. Similar appropriations are to be found in the navy appropri- 

 ation bills for the last three or four years. You will find it referred 

 to in the report of the Secretary of the Navy, President's message 

 and accompanying documents, page 302. On page 393 the committee 

 will find a letter from Professor Espj', from which I will read a short 

 extract. After detailing the duties which he has performed in refer- 

 ence to collecting and collating meteorological observations that have 

 been made at the military posts in the country, he uses the following 

 language in his letter to the Secretary of the Navy: 



I have already finished collating the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, with the excep- 

 tion of the third quarter of 1849 and the third quarter of 1851. These quarters 1 

 shall finish by the end of the present year, and if you so direct, the report for these 

 three years can be handed in to Congress. But I respectfully suggest that a report 

 on this subject would be greatly increased in value by even a small increase of time 



