920 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



February 24, 1883. 



Joint resolution. 



Whereas, in a communication from Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institute, Congress was informed that in accordance 

 with an act of June 1, 1880, the bronze statue of Joseph Henry, late 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, had been completed; and 

 whereas, in the same communication, Congress was respectfully 

 invited to be present on the occasion of its formal presentation to the 

 public upon Thursday the 19th of April next: Therefore, be it 



Resolved, etc., That the said invitation be, and the same is hereby, 

 accepted by the Senate and House of Representatives; and that the 

 President of the Senate select seven members of that body and the 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives fifteen members of that body 

 to be present and represent the Congress of the United States upon 

 the occasion of the presentation and inauguration of said statue. 



(Stat., XXII, 639.) 



February 28, 1883 House. 



The SPEAKER (Mr. J. WARREN KEIFER). In accordance with the 

 provisions of the joint resolution of the House (H. 356) accepting 

 the invitation of the Smithsonian Institution to attend the inaugu- 

 ration of the statue of Joseph Henry, approved February 24, 1883, 

 the Chair announces the appointment of the following-named members 

 to be present and represent the Congress of the United States on th(- 

 part of the House of Representatives, as provided in said resolution, 

 namely: Mr. John T. Wait, of Connecticut, Mr. William Aldrich, of 

 Illinois, Mr. Thomas M. Browne, of Indiana, Mr. John A. Kasson. 

 of Iowa, Mr. George M. Robeson, of New Jersey, Mr. John W. 

 Candler, of Massachusetts, Mr. R. J. Walker, of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

 A. H. Pettibone, of Tennessee, Mr. J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, 

 Mr. J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, Mr. Andrew G. Curtin, of 

 Pennsylvania, Mr. Randall L. Gibson, of Louisiana. 



March 3, 1883 Senate. 



Mr. GEORGE F. HOAR. Mr. President, I desire to make a statement 

 to the Senate. Some weeks ago both Houses of Congress accepted the 

 invitation of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to attend the 

 unveiling of the statue of Professor Henry, and the Senate voted, in 

 conjunction with the House, that a committee of a certain number of 

 Senators I think nine and fifteen members of the House should 

 represent the two Houses on the occasion. I am informed at the desk 

 that the committee has not been appointed. I ask unanimous consent 

 that the presiding officer be authorized to designate that committee 

 after the adjournment, in case he shall not be able to do it before. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore (Mr. DAVID DAVIS). The Senator from 

 Massachusetts asks unanimous consent that the presiding officer of the 



