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and the whole to form an annual yolume of bulletins; 1,000 of which shall be for the 
use of the Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 3,000 for 
distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology. 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
[Never acted on. | 
June 18, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. James K. Jones, of Arkansas, introduced a joint resolution 
(S. 95) to print bulletins of Bureau of Ethnology. 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
July 20, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. C. F. Manprrson, from Committee on Printing, submitted a 
report (S. 1875) on (S. joint resolution 95). ; 
Section 3795 of the Revised Statutes provides that ‘‘all propositions 
in either House of Congress for printing extra copies of documents, 
the cost of which exceeds $500, shall be by concurrent resolution.” 
The committee, proposing to report in favor of the printing of the 
report above mentioned, and desiring to comply with the law, recom- 
mend that the joint resolution be indefinitely postponed, and that in 
lieu thereof the Senate pass a concurrent resolution herewith reported. 
The number of copies proposed to be printed is less by 4,000 than 
authorized by the resolution for printing the bulletins of the previous 
year. 
The estimated cost, as per the Public Printer’s letter herewith sub- 
mitted, is $3,990. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 
Washington, D. C., July 2, 1888. 
Str: The estimated cost of printing the ‘‘matter furnished by the Bureau of Eth- 
nology relating to researches and discoveries connected with the study of the North 
American Indians,’’ as provided for in Senate resolution No. 95, is $3,990. 
The approximate cost of the amount of printing previously estimated upon for 
Congress within the present fiscal year is $1,365,705.90. 
Very respectfully, 
G. H. BENEDICT, 
Chief Clerk for the Public Printer. 
Hon. Cuas. F. MANDERSON, 
Chairman Committee on Printing, United States Senate. 
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed 
at the Government Printing Office 6,000 copies of any matter furnished by the 
Bureau of Ethnology relating to researches and discoveries connected with the 
study of the North American Indians; the same to be issued in parts and the whole 
to form an annual volume of bulletins, 1,000 of which shall be for the use of the 
Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 3,000 for distribution 
by the Bureau of Ethnology. 
Passed. : 
July 28, 1888—House. 
Passed. 
