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the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions, for exhibition 
cases, $3,562.56. 
Norr.—In explanation I would state that from time to time for several years past 
the Treasury Department has, at the request of the Smithsonian Institution, granted 
free permits for importations of glass to offset the duty paid on that furnished from 
stock to the National Museum, and the New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Louisville expo- 
sitions by the firm in question; but in the summer of 1884 an order was issued by the 
Treasury Department declining to grant further permits unless the glass came directly 
through the custom-house to this city, this order proving retroactive with regard to 
Messrs. Bache & Co. Theamount of duties now asked to be refunded we have found 
to be correct, and covers the entire liability of the Government on this account to 
the firm mentioned, to the present date. 
September 26, 1888. 
Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
hereby, authorized to pay to Semon Bache & Company, of New York, 
the sum of $3,562.56, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the purpose of refunding the duty paid by said firm 
upon glass from imported stock furnished to the National Museum and 
the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions for exhibition 
cases. 
(Stat., X XV, 1190.) 
EXPOSITIONS. 
Washington, D. C., Exposition. 
January 5, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. George F. Hoar introduced a bill (S. 1165) to provide for a 
world’s exposition at the national capital in 1892, and thereafter a 
permanent exposition of the three Americas in honor of the four 
hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. 
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Sec. 5. That space be assigned in some Government reservation in the city of 
Washington for the following permanent governmental buildings, namely: 
(1) Space for the enlargement of the present National Museum into a continental 
or three Americas museum, said space to be available whenever the necessary funds 
are provided for said purpose. 
(2) Space for a permanent building, under the control of the Interior Department, 
for the exhibit of working models of important American inventions, said space to 
be available whenever the necessary funds are provided for said purpose. 
Referred to Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution and 
the Discovery of America. 
Melbourne Exposition. 
February 1, 1888. 
Joint resolution. 
Whereas the British Government has extended to the Government 
of the United States an invitation to participate in the international 
exhibition which is to be held at Melbourne, beginning on the 1st day 
