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for the purchase of a zoological park, which is the subject of the Sen- 
- ate amendment, as the Chair understands, though he has not read the 
amendment of the Senate. 
Mr. James BucHanan. It seems to me that the proposition, even as 
modified by the gentleman from South Carolina, is subject to another 
point of order. I submit that it involves new legislation, because it 
provides that a certain proportion of this expense shall be borne by 
the owners of the adjacent property. 
The Speaker. The Chair has not yet read the Senate amendment 
himself; he will examine it. 
Mr. Ranpatu. I desire to call attention to this point—that the propo- 
sition now presented would not in my judgment have been in order if 
it had originated in the House as an amendment to this bill before it 
went to the Senate. 
The Speaker. That is the very point which the Chair is examining; 
for the Chair thinks, as he has already stated, that if the committee of 
conference should embrace in its report to the House an agreement 
upon some proposition which would not have been in order in the 
House originally, a point of order could not be made against it; but 
when it is proposed that the House shall concur in a Senate amend- 
ment with an amendment, the latter must be of such a character that 
it would have been in order if the original proposition were before 
the House. Upon this ground the Chair thinks that the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from South Carolina is not in order. 
Mr. Hempuity. On what grounds? 
The Spraker. On the ground that it would not have been in order 
in the House in the consideration of this bill originally; and it is not 
in order simply as an amendment to the Senate amendment, because it 
propgses to change existing law in regard to the payment for this 
property. The law now provides that the expenditures in connection 
with the District shall be borne one-half by the United States and one- 
half by the District of Columbia. 
Mr. Hempuiiy. I then withdraw that part of my proposition which 
proposes to assess owners of adjoining property. 
The Spraker. If the amendment in the shape now offered relates 
simply to the purchase of a park for zoological purposes, the Chair 
thinks it is in order; beyond that it is not. 
Mr. Hempuity. | withdraw all except that part of the proposition. 
Mr. Ranpatu. I call for the yeas and nays. 
Mr. Bucuanan. I desire to inquire of the Chair whether the amend- 
ment of the gentleman from South Carolina as now modified does 
anything to enlarge the Senate amendment except in the matter of 
price ? 
The Spraker. That is all; but that is a matter for the House; it 
does not present any question of order. 
