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tributions to North American Ethnology, and of the first, second, and third annual 

 reports of the Bureau of Ethnology, in form and style uniform with the editions 

 already ordered for the use of Congress. 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 



ETHNOLOGY BULLETINS. 

 February 1, 1883 House. 



Mr. OTHO R. SINGLETON, of Mississippi, submitted House concur- 

 rent resolution to print 3,000 each of the Bulletins of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, numbers 1 to 12, inclusive 

 with the necessary illustrations, for the use of the Bureau of Ethnology! 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 

 March 3, 1883 House. 



Passed. 

 March 3, 1883 Senate. 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 



NATIONAL MUSEUM EMPLOYEES. 



June 13, 1882 House. 



In considering the legislative and executive bill (H. 6244) for the 

 year 1883, Mr. JOSEPH G. CANNON moved to strike out "And no civil 

 officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, 

 mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall hereafter be 

 employed at the seat of government in any other office, or be paid 

 from any appropriation made for contingent expenses or for any 

 specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized 

 and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the 

 appropriation, and then only for services actually rendered in connec- 

 tion with and for the purposes of the appropriation from which pay- 

 ment is made." 



Mr. JOHN D. C. ATKINS. * * * I have been informed by the 

 assistant clerk of the Committee on Appropriations that the amend- 

 ment only has reference to the work upon the monument in this city 

 and to the National Museum in this city. 



Mr. CANNON. It is something more than that. It refers to the depot 

 quartermaster, the General of the Army, and all officers of the Army 

 and all officers in the District of Columbia who are not part and parcel 

 of the Executive Departments. 



Mr. ATKINS. Why should not the general restrictions of section 4 

 apply to the employees of the National Museum as well as to the 

 Executive Departments ? 



Mr. CANNON. * * * The technical words " Executive Depart- 

 ments" are used for the reason that they have a recognized meaning 

 under the statutes. In the Revised Statutes you will find the Executive 

 Departments designated State, Navy, War, etc. You will find the 



