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and to secure, to their respective States the advantages which it 

 promises. 



SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That i . shall be, the duty of the said 

 general agent at New York, and the said commissioner-general at Paris, 

 to transmit to Congress, through the Department of State, a detailed 

 statement of the manner in which "such 1 expenditures as are herein- 

 before provided for are made by them, respectively. 



(Stat, XIV, 362.) 



January 11, 1867. 



Joint resolution. 



Resolved, etc. , That the Commissioner of Agriculture be, and he is 

 hereby, instructed to collect and prepare, as far as practicable, and 

 with little delay as possible, suitable specimens of the cereal produc- 

 tions of the several States of the Union, for exhibition at the Paris 

 Exposition, and forward the same in proper order and condition for 

 shipment to J. C. Derby, agent of the United States Government for 

 the Paris Exposition, at New York: Provided, That it shall require 

 no further appropriation from the Public Treasury. 



(Stat., XIV, 563.) 



TRANSFER OF SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY. 



March 9, 1866 House. 



Mr. J. W. PATTERSON introduced a bill for the transfer of the Smith- 

 sonian library. Referred to the Joint Committee on the Library. 

 March 22, 1866 Senate. 



Mr. T. O. HOWE. The Joint Committee on the Library have in- 

 structed me to report a bill to provide for the transfer of the custody 

 of the library of the Smithsonian Institution to the Library of Con- 

 gress. 



Mr. CHARLES SUMNER. I am very much interested in that question. 

 I have paid some little attention to the subject in advance, and I should 

 really like to see the bill in print. I do not wish to make any objec- 

 tion, but I think it had better lie over. 



Mr. HOWE. Certainly; that is a very reasonable request. 1 can not 

 ask to have it considered. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. L. F. S. FOSTER). It will lie over 

 under the rule. 

 March 27, 1866 Senate. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. L. F. S. FOSTER). If there be no 

 further morning business, the Chair will call up the unfinished busi- 

 ness of yesterday. 



Mr. T. O. HOWE. Is that now regularly before the Senate? 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is not regularly before the Senate 

 until 1 o'clock; but if there be no other business the Chair will call 

 it up. 



