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SEC. 2. That the purpose and duties of this Bureau shall be to aid in the develop- 

 ment of the fine arts in the several States and Territories of the United States, by the 

 reproduction, for the use of art schools and academies, of casts of statuary and other 

 objects used in giving instruction in art; by preparing and distributing plans for the 

 construction of buildings and the adaption of rooms suitable for use' as art schools, 

 with printed plans for the organization of 'various grades of art; academies and 

 classes; by causing to be held annually in Washington, District of Columbia, a pub- 

 lic exhibition of works of art, open to all desiring to exhibit, in which the fairest 

 possible opportunity for exposition shall be afforded all contributors; and by the 

 publication of an annual register containing an account of new discoveries, inven- 

 tions, and methods of instruction useful to students of art, together with a report of 

 the progress of the fine arts in the United States. 



SEC. 3. That the reproductions and publications of the Bureau shall be distributed 

 among institutions of art, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution may establish. 



SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall provide suitable 

 quarters for the holding of the annual art exhibition. 



SEC. 5. That for the purpose of carrying on the operations of this Bureau there be, 

 and is hereby, appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1886, the sum of 

 $ , to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the Treas- 

 ury not otherwise appropriated, and expended under the direction of the Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Referred to Committee on the Library. 



NELSON'S REPORT ON ALASKA.. 



January 18, 1886 House. 



Mr. RICHARD W. TOWNSHEND introduced a concurrent resolution 

 to print reports of E. W. Nelson and L. W. Turner on Alaska. 



Referred. 

 January 20, 1886 Senate. 



Mr. C. F. MANDERSON introduced a concurrent resolution to print 

 Nelson's report on Alaska. 



Referred. 

 May 25, 1886 Senate. 



Mr. J. R. HAWLEY, from the Committee on Printing, reported 

 favorably a concurrent resolution referred to that committee: 



Resolved, etc., That the report on Alaska, by E. W. Nelson, be printed, with the 

 necessary illustrations, and that 4,000 additional copies be printed, of which 1,000 

 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 2;OOO copies for the use of the House of 

 Representatives, and 1,000 copies for distribution under the direction of the Chief 

 Signal Officer of the United States Army. 



The President pro tempo re (Mr. JOHN SHERMAN). The question is 

 on the adoption of the resolution. 



Mr. WILLIAM B. ALLISON. I see that the resolution includes an 

 appropriation for the necessary illustrations. 1 should be glad to be 

 informed on that point. 



Mr. HAWLEY. I was about to state (the inquiry is perfectly proper) 

 that this is one of the two reports sanctioned by the Smithsonian 



