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.^^^^.^J^^-P^^^^^ENT, after the concluding prayer by the Chap- 

 lain of the Senate, (at eleven o'clock p. m.) announced that the 

 exercises of the evening were closed ; whereupon the President of 

 the United States with his Cabinet, the Chief-Justice and Associate 

 Justices of the Supreme Court, and the Senate of the United States 

 with the Vice-President, retired from the Hall. 



The Speaker then said: "The object of this evening's session, 

 as provided for by the order of both Houses of Congress, having 

 been fittingly realized, the duty remains to me to declare this House 

 adjourned until to-morrow at twelve o'clock." 



In the House of Representatives. 

 Wednesday, January 22, 1879. 



Mr. Stephens. (Member from Georgia.) " I submit a resolution 

 upon which I ask immediate action." 



The Clerk read as follows : 



"Resolved by the House of Representatives, {the Senate concurring,) 

 That the memorial exercises in honor of Professor Henry, held in 

 the Hall of the House of Representatives on the 16th of January 

 1879, be printed in the Congressional Record, and that fifteen 

 thousand extra copies of the same be printed in a Memorial Vol- 

 ume, together witii such articles as may be furnished by the Board 

 of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ; seven thousand copies 

 of which shall be for the use of Wxq House of Representatives, three 

 thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and five thousand copies 

 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution." 



The Speaker. "The Chair is not advised whether these fifteen 

 thousand extra copies to be published in book-form would cost 

 five hundred dollars. If they would, then under the requirement 

 of the law the resolution must be referred to the Committee on 

 Printing. 



"The Chair is advised that the book would cost over five hun- 

 dred dollars, and therefore it had better go to the Committee on 

 Printing, under the law. The committee has a right to report at 

 any time." 



Mr. Stephens. "Let it take that reference." 

 The resolution was accordingly referred to the Committee on 

 Printing. 



Saturday, January 25, 1879. 



Mr. Singleton, (Member from Mississippi,) Chairman of the 

 Committee on Printing, reported back with a favorable recom- 

 mendation the following resolution of the House: [the resolution 

 to print, as above given.] The resolution was adopted. 



