THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1851-53. 



August 30. In conference committee the Senate receded 

 from the above. 



SENATE, August 31, 1852. 

 On motion by Mr. DODGE, of Iowa, it was 



Ordered, That instead of the distribution of Owen's Report heretofore 

 ordered, there be furnished to the General Land Office 100 copies, to the 

 Smithsonian Institution 100 copies, and to Dr. Owen 200 copies. 



SENATE, December 21, 1852. 



Mr. PEARCE. There are two vacancies in the Board of 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, which it is very 

 'desirable and necessary should soon be filled. I therefore 

 ask leave to introduce a joint resolution. The resolution 

 Iwas read a first and second time, and considered by the 

 (Senate as in Committee of the Whole; reported without 

 (amendment; read a third time and passed. 



The resolution is as follows : 



Resolved, *c., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, of the class ''other than members of Qffffi*. 

 filled by the appointment of Alexander Dallas Bache, of the city of Wash- 

 ington, and John McPherson Berrien, of the State of Georgia. 



The resolution was approved January 13, 1853, as Public 

 Resolution No. 6. 



SENATE, March 1, 1853. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the 

 seventh annual report of the Board of Regents of the 

 sonian Institution. ,1+v^^i 



Mr HUNTER, from the Finance Committee offered the fol- 

 lowing amendment to the Civil and Diplomatic appropria- 

 tion bill, which was agreed to : 



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and Twelfth streets west, $5,276.52. 



SENATE, March 3, 1853. 



The report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution was ordered to be printed. 



PKOCEEDINGS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 2, 1852. 



