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moved an amendment, to add at the end thereof the follow- 

 ing: 



" And shall cause to be published from time to time books in raised charac- 

 ters for the education of the blind, to be distributed by the said board of 

 managers, among the different State institutions for the education of the 

 blind." 



The question being taken the amendment \\ ;is rejected. 



Mr. WOOD moved an amendment, to insert in the 4th 

 line of 10th section the word " useful," and strike out the 

 llth, 12th, and 13th lines. 



The question being taken, the amendment was rejected. 



Mr. ADAMS moved to strike out the 10th section, (in order 

 to conform to previous amendments.) 



The question being taken, was decided in the affirmative ; 

 ayes 68, noes 57. 

 . So the section was stricken out. 



Mr. WOOD moved an amendment, to add as a new section, 

 between the 10th and llth sections, the following: 



11 And be it further enacted, That the sum of $20,000 of tho interest of said 

 fund be, and is hereby, appropriated annually for the purchase or publica- 

 tion of a library for the diffusion of useful knowledge, to be selected or 

 published under the direction of the said board of managers, which shall 

 include the best elementary popular works upon the history, geography, 

 and statistics of the United States; upon botany, mineralogy, geology, 

 agriculture, agricultural chemistry, mechanics, and physiology; and which 

 said library shall be distributed among the several States and Territories 

 in the ratio of their representation, and be forwarded to the several Gov- 

 ernors of said States and Territories, to be distributed among the people 

 thereof in such a manner as their respective legislatures shall determine, 

 and shall most tend to increase and diffuse knowledge." 



Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS moved an amendment, to add at 

 the close of the last section the following proviso : 



"And provided further, That no appropriation shall be made for the ad- 

 vancement of this institution except from moneys which properly belong to 

 the Smithsonian fund." 



Agreed to. 



Mr. MCCLERNAND gave notice of a substitute which he 

 intended to offer, when in order, (which was read for infor- 

 mation.) 



Mr. G. W. JONES moved a further proviso at the end of 

 the bill, as follows: 



" Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to connect, 

 m any manner whatever, said Smithsonian Institution with any other insti- 

 tution or society whatever." 



Rejected. 



The bill having now been gone through with, the ques- 

 tion recurred on the amendment of Mr. G. W. Jones, to 

 strike out all of the bill after the word " be," in the 6th line, 

 1st section, and insert : 



