754 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



in line 486, under the head of " Smithsonian Institution " 

 to increase the appropriation " for preservation and care of 

 the collections of the National Museum " from $13,000 to 

 $25,000. 



The amendment was agreed to. 



The next amendment was after line 487 to insert : 



For expenses of making up into sets for distribution to colleges and 

 academies the duplicate ores, minerals, and objects of natural history now 

 belonging to the United States or in the collections of the international ex- 

 position presented to it by foreign governments, $5,000. 



The amendment was agreed to. 



The next amendment was after line 492 to insert : 



For a fire-proof building for the use of the National Mu.-fum. three hun- 

 dred feet square, to be erected under the direction :uul lupenrkion of the 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with th<> plan of 

 Major General M. C. Meigs, now on file with the Joint Committee of Pub- 

 lic Buildings and Grounds, on the southwest corner of the grounds of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, the sum of $250,000 is hereby appropriated out .f 

 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated ; said building to be 

 placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving u roadway between it 

 and the latter of not less than thirty feet, witli its north front on a line par- 

 allel with the north face of the buildings of the Agricultural Department 

 and of the Smithsonian Institution ; and all expenditures for the purposes 

 herein mentioned, not including anything for architectural plans, shall be 

 audited by the proper officers of the Treasury Department. 



Mr. SARGENT. On line 500, after the word " dollars," I 

 move to strike out the words " is hereby appropriated out 

 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise- appropriated." 



The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. 



The amendment, as amended, was agreed to. 



HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES, December 14, 1875. 



The SPEAKER appointed Mr. Iliester Clymer, of Penn., 

 Mr. Benjamin II. Hill, of Georgia, Mr. George W. Mc- 

 Crary, of Iowa, Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 



April 27, 1876. On motion of Mr. VANCE, the concur- 

 rent resolution of the Senate, for printing extra copies of 

 the report of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1875, 

 was taken from the Speaker's table, and referred. 



May 24, 1876. Mr. BALLOU, from the Committee on 

 Printing, reported the Senate resolution of April 20, which 

 was agreed to. 



February 2, 1877. The SPEAKER laid before the House 

 a preamble and resolution from the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, relative to additional room for the 

 collections of the institution ; which was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Appropriations. 



