THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, 1863-65. 685 



Winter Davis of Maryland, and J. W. Patterson of New 

 Hampshire. 



June 13, 1864. Annual report of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution laid before the House of Representatives, and Mr. 

 Cox moved that extra copies be printed. 



June 28, 1864. Mr. CLARK, from the Committee on 

 Printing, reported the following, which was adopted : 



Resolved, That 5,000 extra copies of the report of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, for 1863, be printed ; 3,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and 2,000 for the use of the members of the House. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 6, 1865. 



Mr. Cox. I ask unanimous consent to take from the 

 Speaker's table Senate bill to repeal the provision of law 

 requiring certain Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to 

 be members of the National Institute. 



There being no objection, the bill was taken up, and was 

 read a first and second time. 



Mr Cox. I may state that the object of this bill is to 

 repeai that provision of law which requires that two of 

 the resents of the Smithsonian Institution shall be members 

 of the National Institute an institution which is now 



5 The bill was ordered to a third reading, read the third 

 time, and passed. , ,.,, 



Mr Cox moved to reconsider the vote by which the bi 

 was passed ; and also moved that the motion to reconsi. 

 be laid on the table. 



The latter motion was agreed to. 



SENATE, January 11, 1865. 

 Mr. TRUMBULL introduced the following joint resolution r 



the place of Joseph G. Totten, deceased. 



January 17, 1865. Senate resolution above passed. 

 February 2, 1865. The Senate passed the following i 

 lutiou : 



deposits therein were, on Tuesday, the ^J^y rf J*^,^ 



