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of the bill (S. 140) for the erection of a bronze statue of Spencer F. 
Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, 
proceeded to consider the bill. 
Mr. Morr. The bill proposes a monument in front of the 
National Museum for perhaps the most distinguished civilian who has 
died in our country during the past year. His eminent scientific sery- 
ices are known to all of us. His unselfish and untiring work as Sec- 
retary of the Smithsonian Institution, with all the branches attached 
to it, has been conspicuous for years; and I think that perhaps there 
has been no measure proposed for a monument that will receive a 
more hearty response than this. 
Passed. 
February 13, 1888.—House. 
The bill (S. 140) referred to Committee on the Library. 
February 11, 1889—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morrill, from Committee on Public Buildings and 
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to the sundry civil 
bill for 1890: 
That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are hereby, authorized to 
contract for a statue in bronze of Spencer F. Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution, to be erected upon the grounds in front of the National Museum; and for 
this purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the monu- 
ment, the sum of $15,000, or so much of said sum as may be needed, is hereby appro- 
priated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
BUREAU OF FINE ARTS. 
December 12, 1887—Senate. 
Mr. Wilkinson Call introduced a bill (S. 243): 
That there be, and is hereby, created in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau 
called the Bureau of the Fine Arts, the management of which is intrusted to the 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Sec. 2. That the purpose and duties of this bureau shall be to aid in the develop- 
ment of the fine arts in the several States and Territories of the United States, by 
the reproduction, for the use of art schools and academies, of casts of statuary and 
other objects used in giving instruction in art; by preparing and distributing plans 
for the construction of buildings and the adaptation of rooms suitable for use as art 
schools, with printed plans for the organization of various grades of art academies 
and classes; by causing to be held annually, in Washington, District of Columbia, a 
public exhibition of works of art, open to all desiring to exhibit, in which the fairest 
possible opportunity for exposition shall be afforded all contributors; and by the 
publication of an annual register containing an account of new discoveries, inven- 
tions, and methods of instruction useful to students of art, together with a report of 
the progress of the fine arts in the United States. 
Sec. 3. That the reproductions and publications of the bureau shall be distributed 
among institutions of art, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution may establish. 
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