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Src. 4. That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall provide suitable 
quarters for the holding of the annual art exhibition. 
Src. 5. That for the purpose of carrying on the operations of this bureau there be, 
and is hereby, appropriated, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 188—, the sum of 
$———, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and expended under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Referred to Committee on the Library. 
G. B. GOODE, FISH COMMISSIONER. 
December 12, 1887—Senate. 
Executive nomination: 
G. Brown Goode, to be Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, vice 
Spencer F. Baird, deceased. 
ROCK CREEK NATIONAL PARK. 
December 13, 1887—Senate. 
Mr. J. J. Ingalls introduced bill (S. 588) to establish Rock Creek 
Park. 
Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia. 
January 9, 1888—House. 
Mr. Jonathan H. Rowell introduced bill (H. 3328) to establish Rock 
Creek Park, in the District of Columbia. 
Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia. 
July 20, 1888—House. 
Mr. J. H. Rowell, from Committee on the District of Chee 
reported bill (H. 33 28. ) 
Referred to Calendar. 
December 21, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morrill proposed amendment: 
Provided, That in the event of the creation of a public park in the valley of Rock 
Creek the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall cooperate with the commis- 
sioners of the same in providing a common roadway or roadways through the tract 
of land assigned for the uses of the Zoological Park, and also in such other respects 
as may be deemed advisable in promoting the benefits and enjoyment of the people. 
January 14, 1889—House. 
Mr. J. J. Hemphill intr sawed bill (H. ieee! to establish a public 
park in the District of Columbia. 
Referred to Committee on the District of Colne 
January 25, 1889—Senate. 
Mr. G. F. Edmunds offered amendment to the bill for the District 
of Columbia for 1890: 
Src. —. For the establishment of a national park in the District of Columbia, 
$1,300,000, to be expended under and in accordance with the provisions following, 
that is to say: 
That, in order to establish a park in the District of Columbia, a commission shall 
be constituted, composed of three persons, namely, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
