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consistent with the public service, to allow the Smithsonian Institution to stereotype 

 the report at its own expense, or to otherwise print at its own expense such addi- 

 tional copies as may be desired from the type set in the Government printing estab- 

 lishment. 



Adopted. 

 June 28, 1864 House. 



Mr. A. W. CLARK, from the Committee on Printing, reported the 

 following: 



Resolved, That 5,000 extra copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 

 1863 be printed, 3,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution and 2,000 for the 

 use of the members of the House. 



Adopted. 



March 1, 1865 Senate. 



Annual report for the year 1864 presented and ordered to be printed. 



March 8, 1865 Senate. 



Mr. H. B. ANTHONY. I offer a resolution in connection with the 

 report of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the usual annual resolu- 

 tion on the subject, and has received the assent of the Committee on 

 Printing, and need not, therefore, be referred to that committee: 



Resolved, That 5,000 additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution 

 for 1864 be printed, 3,000 for the use of the Senate and 2,000 for the use of the 

 Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages in said report 

 shall not exceed 450, without woodcuts or plates, except those furnished by the 

 Institution, and that the report be stereotyped. 



Agreed to. 



CARE OF GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS. 

 July 2, 1864. 



Sundry civil act for 1865. 



Smithsonian Institution: For the preservation of the collections of 

 the exploring and surveying expeditions of the Government, $4,000. 

 (Stat., XIII, 348.) 



AMENDMENT TO ACT OF ORGANIZATION OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



December 21, 1864 Senate. 



Mr. LYMAN TRUMBULL asKed, and by unanimous consent obtained, 

 leave to introduce a bill to repeal the provision of law requiring cer- 

 tain Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to be members of the 

 National Institute; which was read twice by its title. 



Mr. TRUMBULL. I scarcely know to what committee it would be 

 desirable to refer this bill, and unless somebody wishes it referred, I 

 shall ask the Senate to act upon it at once. If the Senate will indulge 

 me for one moment in making an explanation of it, I think there will 

 be no objection to it. 



The act establishing the Smithsonian Institution provided that two 

 of the Regents should be residents of the city of Washington and 



