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States, no appropriation shall bo made by Congress chargeable upon Un- 

 people of the United States, for the fulfillment of the purposes prescribed 

 by the testator, James Smithson, for the disposal of his bequest. 



" SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That within the first thirty days of 

 each and every successive session of Congress, it shall be the duty of the 

 Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress the then actual state of the 

 Smithsonian fund, and particularly the amount of arrears of interest duo 

 upon the said bonds of the States of Arkansas and Illinois, together with 

 copies of all correspondence, showing the result of the means of moral 

 suasion used during the preceding year to obtain payment of the said ar- 

 rears of interest ; and the said annual reports shall bo printed for the infor- 

 mation of the people." 



Mr. HOPKINS moved an amendment to the amendment, 

 to strike out in its first section the words " of moral suasion 

 and no others." Agreed to. 



The third section of the said substitute amendment being 

 under consideration. 



Mr. J. DAVIS moved an amendment, to add at the end of 

 the section the following : 



" Provided, however, That if the Governor of the State of Arkansas shall 

 make it appear to the satisfaction of the Attorney General of the United 

 States that he has used suitable means to obtain from the Real Estate Bank 

 of Arkansas payment of the debt due by said bank to the State of Arkansas, 

 but without success, then, and in that case, and until the arrears clue by the 

 said Keal Estate Bank shall have been received into the Treasury of the 

 State of Arkansas, the said State shall be, and is hereby, declared to be 

 absolved from the promises on the face of her bonds by which the said State 

 heretofore pledged her faith for the due payment of the principal and interest 

 of said bonds. 



The question being taken, the amendment was rejected. 

 Mr. WENTWORTH moved an amendment, to add at the end 

 of the section the following : 



" That the State of Illinois shall have the power hereafter, like other 

 States, to tax all lands within that State as soon as sold, providing the pro- 

 ceeds of said tax shall be applied to paying the interest due the Smithson 

 fund, so far as may be necessary, and the balance, if any, to paying the in- 

 terest upon her other bonds. 



Mr. HOPKINS raised the point of order against the amend- 

 ment, on the ground of irrelevancy. 



The CHAIRMAN sustained the point, and decided the 

 amendment out of order. 



Mr. E. II. EWING moved an amendment to the substitute, 

 to strike out the third section. Rejected. 



The fourth section, on the suggestion of Mr. HOPKINS, 

 was so modified by Mr. ADAMS, as to conform to the amend- 

 ment of the first, by striking out the words " moral suasion." 



The question then being on the substitute of Mr. Adams, 

 as amended, was taken by tellers, and decided in the nega- 

 tive ayes 57, noes 74. 



So the substitute of Mr. Adams was rejected. 





