FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1171 
1890; same as introduced by Mr. W. C. P. Breckinridge in House, 
December 17, 1888 (H. 11810), with the following exceptions: 
Src. 6. That when the said commission shall have established a zoological park in 
the District of Columbia under the provisions of this section, by acquiring the neces- 
sary lands and by laying out the same as a park and by the erection of the necessary 
buildings thereupon, it shall be the duty of said commission to turn over the said 
zoological park, with all its buildings and appurtenances, to the custody and care of 
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and when such transfer of the custody 
and care of the zoological park shall be made, the duties of said commission shall 
cease and its existence terminate. 
Sec. 7. That when the said commission shall tender to the Regents of the Smith- 
sonian Institution the care and custody of the zoological park provided for herein, 
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are hereby authorized to assume the care 
and custody of the same; and the said Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are 
hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations for the management of the 
park, and of the property, appurtenances, and collections of the park, as they may 
deem necessary and wise to secure the use of the same for the advancement of science 
and the instruction and recreation of the people. 
Sec. 8. That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the Superin- 
tendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or the Director of the Geological Survey 
to make such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this 
section; and the said officers are hereby authorized and required to make such sur- 
veys under the direction of said commission. 
January 25, 1889—Senate. 
The sundry civil bill for 1890 under consideration. 
Mr. G. F. Epmunps. Now, I offer an amendment which has been 
reported from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and 
referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 
The Secretary. It is proposed to add to the bill the following addi- 
tional section [the same as introduced by Mr. W. C. P. Breckinridge 
on December 17, 1888]: 
Src. —. For the establishment of a zoological park in the District of Columbia, 
$200,000, to be expended under and in accordance with the provisions following, that 
is to say: 
That in order to establish a zoological park in the District of Columbia, for the 
advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people, a commis- 
sion shall be constituted, composed of three persons, namely, the Secretary of the 
Interior, the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which shall be known and desig- 
nated as the commission for the establishment of a zoological park. 
That the said commission is hereby authorized and directed to make an inspection 
of the country along Rock Creek, between Massachusetts avenue extended and where 
said creek is crossed by the road leading west from Brightwood crosses said creek, 
and to’select from that district of country such a tract of land, of not less than 100 
acres, which shall include a section of the creek, as said commission shall deem to be 
suitable and appropriate for a zoological park. 
That the said commission shall cause to be made a careful map of said zoological 
park, showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of private property 
to be taken for such purpose, with the names of the respective owners inscribed 
thereon, and the said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the 
District of Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels of 
