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SEC. . And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated for the 

 purpose of making repairs upon the building of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, lately injured by fire, the sum of $50,000. 



Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I raise the point of order 

 that this amendment proposes to change the existing law, 

 and is therefore out of order. 



The CHAIRMAN. The Chair sustains the point of order. 



THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. 



SENATE, March 22, 1866. 



Mr. HOWE. The Joint Committee on the Library have 

 instructed me to report a bill to provide for the transfer of 

 the custody of the library of the Smithsonian Institution to 

 the library of Congress. 



Mr. SUMNER. I am very much interested in that question. 

 I have paid some little attention to the subject in advance, 

 and I should really like to see the bill in print. I do not 

 wish to make any objection, but I think it had better lie 

 over. 



Mr. HOWE. Certainly, that is a very reasonable request. 

 I cannot ask to have it considered. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will lie over under the 

 rule. 



March 27, 1866. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be 

 no further morning business, the Chair will call up the un- 

 finished business of yesterday. 



Mr. HOWE. Is that now regularly before the Senate. 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is not regularly before the 

 Senate until one o'clock, but if there be no other business 

 the Chair will call it up. 



Mr. HOWE. Then I move that the Senate proceed to the 

 consideration of Senate bill No. 216. 



The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S. No. 216) to 

 provide for the transfer of the custody of the library of the 

 Smithsonian Institution to the library of Congress, was read 

 a second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole. 

 It provides that the library collected by the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, under the provisions of an act approved August 

 10, 1846, shall be removed from the building of that insti- 

 tution, with the consent of the regents, to the new fire-proof 

 extension of the library of Congress, upon completion of a 

 sufficient portion for its accommodation, and while there 

 deposited, it is to be subject to the same regulations as the 

 library of Congress, except as provided in this bill. 



