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report it without amendment. As that Board is about to meet, and it 

 is proper the matter should be disposed of, I will ask for the present 

 consideration of the resolution. It will take but a moment 



February 25, 1884 House. 



Passed. 

 March 3, 1884. 



Resolved, etc., That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class " other than members of 

 Congress," shall be filled by the reappointment of Noah Porter, of 

 Connecticut, whose term of service has expired 



(Stat., XXIII, 269.) 

 April 24, 1884 Senate. 



Mr. J. S. MORRILL introduced a joint resolution (S. 81). 



May 9, 1884 House. 



Mr. OTHO R. SINGLETON. I hold in my hand a letter from Professor 

 Baird, asking that a Senate bill and a joint resolution be passed in refer- 

 ence to a vacancy in the Board of Regents, and providing for appoint- 

 ment of an acting secretary. They are matters of course, and I ask 

 unanimous consent to take them up and pass them. 



Joint resolution (S. 81) to fill vacancy in Board of Regents by 

 appointment of James C. Welling, passed. 

 May 13, 1884. 



Resolved, etc., That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class "other than members of 

 Congress," occasioned by the resignation of Peter Parker, be filled by 

 the appointment of James C. Welling, of the city of Washington. 



(Stat., XXIII, 272.) ' 



UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE. 

 January 11, 1884 Senate. 



Mr. WILKINSON CALL introduced a bill (S. 1044). 



Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. 

 May 9, 1884 Senate. 



Mr. W. CALL asked for consideration of bill (S. 1044): 



Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $1,000,000 be, and the same is hereby, appro- 

 priated, to be paid as hereinafter provided, as a perpetual endowment for a uni- 

 versity of original research and of medicine as a part of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 at the capital of the United States, in the District of Columbia. 



SEC. 2. That the sum of $100,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, and 

 the same shall be paid or expended at such times and in such amount as shall be 

 directed by the President of the United States, for the erection of suitable buildings, 

 as the same may be necessary, for the use of the said university of original research 

 and of medicine as a part of the Smithsonian Institution, and to purchase ground for 

 the same. 



