1110 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
January 10, 1888—House. 
The Speaker (Mr. Joun G. CaRLisLE) announced the appointment 
of Joseph Wheeler and William Walter Phelps as Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 
By Joint Resolution. 
February 8, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morritx introduced a joint resolution (S. 50): 
That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 
of the class ‘‘ other than members of Congress’’ shall be filled by the appointment 
of Andrew D. White, of the State of New York, in place of Asa Gray, deceased. 
The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. InGauts). The joint reso- 
lution will be referred to the Committee on the Library. 
Mr. Morritu. I hardly think it necessary to refer the joint resolu- 
tion. Let it be printed and lie on the table. 
The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. It will be so ordered, if there be no 
objection. 
February 9, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morrimu. I ask for the consideration of Senate joint res- 
olution No. 50, for the appointment of a Regent for the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the 
Whole, considered and passed the joint resolution (S. 50). 
February 10, 1888—House. 
Mr. 8. S. Cox. With the permission of the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. Lanham], I ask by unanimous consent to call up from the Speak- 
er’s table joint resolution (S. 50) appointing Andrew D. White a 
member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and 
to put it upon its passage. 
There was no objection, and the joint resolution was passed. 
February 15, 1888. 
Resolved, etc., That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents 
of the Smithsonian Institution of the class ‘‘other than members of 
Congress”, shall be filled by the appointment of Andrew D. White, of 
the State of New York, in place of Asa Gray, deceased. 
(Stat. XXV, 617.) 
CAPRON JAPANESE COLLECTION. 
December 21, 1887—Senate. 
Mr. Dante, W. VooruHEEs introduced a bill (S. 1033): 
That the sum of $10,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of “‘the Capron 
collection of Japanese works of art,’’ now on temporary deposit in the National 
Museum, at Washington, D. C. 
Referred to Committee on the Library. 
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