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be safer to have them deposited there. There is danger of 

 them at present, as the building in which they are is not 

 fire-proof. 



The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the 

 amendment concurred in. The bill was ordered to be en- 

 grossed for a third reading; was read the third time, and 

 passed. 



May 7, 1866, Annual report, for 1865, presented. 



Mr. TRUMBULL moved the printing of 5,000 extra copies. 



May 9, 1866. Mr. ANTHONY, from the Committee on 

 Printing, reported the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That 5,000 additional copies of the report of the Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1865, be printrd ; L'.ooo for tin- u-i- >!' 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and 3,000 for the use of tin- Smut.- : /V./-/V,v/. 

 That the aggregate number of pages contained in said report shall in>t exceed 

 450 pages, without wood-cuts or plates, except th<<- fiiniUln-d by tin- insti- 

 tution. 



February 1, 1867. Mr. FESSENDEN. There is a little 

 bill on the table (House, January 31, 1867,) which has 

 come in from the House that I should like very much 

 to take up and have passed if no Senator has any objection 

 to it, because it is rather necessary that it should be passed 

 at once, if at all. It relates to the funds of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and the regents of that institution arc now in 

 session in this city and would like probably to take some 

 action under the bill. It is very short, and if there be no 

 objection I should like to have it taken up and acted upon. 

 I have examined it, and do not see any objection to it. 



Mr. SHERMAN. I should like to inquire where the fund 

 has been heretofore. Has it been in the Treasury ? 



Mr. FESSENDEN. No, sir ; it has been in the hands of the 

 Secretary. Under the bequest of Smithson there was a sum 

 that was to come to the institution upon the death of a cer- 

 tain person, and that person died just about the time I 

 happened to be in the Treasury, and' therefore I know the 

 facts. This bill simply provides that this money shall be 

 paid into the Treasury, and disposed of precisely in accord- 

 ance with the original act with regard to the disposal of 

 Smithson's bequest. 



Mr. SHERMAN. I have no objection to it at all. 



The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, 

 ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. 



February 26, 1867. Senate resolution to provide for the 

 exchange of certain documents with foreign countries, was 

 read a third time, and passed ; as follows : 



