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burse him for payments made by him in the preparation of the his- 

 tory of the Polaris expedition, $3,632.70; for salary from August 30 

 1876, to March 1, 1880, $4,200; in all, $10,233.70. 

 (Stat.,XXI, 420.) 



DOCUMENTS. 



June 7, 1880. 



By joint resolution No. 44, providing "for the publication and dis- 

 tribution of a Supplement to the Revised Statutes," two copies were 

 ordered for the Smithsonian Institution. 



(Stat., XXI, 308.) 



FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1881-1883. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By the Vice- President. 



May 19, 1881 Senate. 



The VICE-PRESIDENT (Mr. CHESTER A. ARTHUR) appointed Nathan- 

 iel P. Hill, of Colorado, and Samuel B. Maxey, of Texas, Regents, on 

 the part of the Senate, of the Smithsonian Institution to fill the vacan- 

 cies caused by the expiration of the terms of service as Senators of 

 Newton Booth and Robert E. Withers. 



January 19, 1883 Senate. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore (Mr. DAVID DAVIS) laid before the Sen- 

 ate the following communication: 



SENATE CHAMBER, January 19, 1883. 



SIR: I desire to inform you that I have resigned the office of Regent of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



I am, very respectfully, yours, GEORGE F. HOAR. 



To Hon. DAVID DAVIS, 



President of the Senate. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair, in pursuance of the statute, 

 appoints the Senator from Vermont [Mr. George F. Edmunds] in 

 place of Mr. Hoar. 



February 26, 1883 Senate. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore (Mr. DAVID DAVIS) laid before the 

 Senate the following communication, which was read: 



WASHINGTON, D. C., February 1, 188S. 



SIR- With grateful thanks for the honor you have done me, I respectfully decline 

 the appointment as a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution announced 

 short time since. 



Very respectfully, yours, 

 Hon. DAVID DAVIS, 



President pro tempore of the Senate. 



