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unprovided with any suitable accommodations for its rapidly increasing stores. The 

 magnitude and importance of the collection, increased as it is by the deposits made 

 under the law of copyright, by domestic and foreign exchanga, and by the scien- 

 tific library of the Smithsonian Institution, call for building accommodations which 

 shall be at once adequate and fireproof. * * * It is earnestly recommended as a 

 measure which shall unite all suffrages and which should no longer be delayed. 



STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



January 26, 1880 House. 



A joint resolution (H. 186) was introduced by Mr. THOMAS UPDE- 

 GRAFF. Referred. 

 February 12, 1880 House. 



Mr. A. H. STEPHENS reported, with amendment. Passed. 

 February 16, 1880 Senate. 



Referred to Committee on Finance. 

 June 1, 1880 Senate. 



Reported with amendments. 

 June H, 1880 Senate. 



Passed. 

 March 3, 1881. 



Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to 

 cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be 

 delivered to the governor of each State in the Union, for the use of agricultural col- 

 leges in the States, respectively, which have received a grant of lands from the 

 United States, and also one set of the same for the use of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion: Provided That the cost of each set shall not exceed $200, and a sum sufficient 

 to carry out the provisions of this resolution is hereby appropriated out of any money 

 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 



(Stat., XXI, 521.) 



ETHNOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS. 



February 6, 1880 House. 

 Mr. P. KNOTT submitted concurrent resolution: 



Resolved, etc. , That there be printed at the Government Printing Office 5,000 copies 

 each of -volumes 4 and 5 of Contributions to North American Ethnology, uniform 

 with the preceding volumes of the series and with the necessary illustrations, 2,000 

 copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 1,000 for the 

 use of the Senate, and 2,000 for distribution by the Smithsonian Institution. 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 

 February 9, 1880 Senate. 



Mr. H. L. DAWES introduced above resolution. Referred. 

 February 19, 1880 Senate. 



Reported adversely and postponed. 

 May 5, 1880 House. 



Mr. KNOTT'S resolution passed amended. 

 May 26, 1880 Senate. 



Passed as amended, to give 3,000 to House, 1,000 to Senate, and 

 1,000 to Smithsonian Institution. 



