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as may be expended, shall be re-imbursed to the Treasury of the United 
States out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in four equal 
annual installments, with interest at the rate of 3 per centum per 
annum upon the deferred payments: And provided further, That one- 
half of the sum which shall be annually appropriated and expended 
for the maintenance and improvement of said lands as a public park 
shall be charged against and paid out of the revenues of the District of 
Columbia, in the manner now provided by law in respect to other 
appropriations for the District of Columbia, and the other half shall 
be appropriated out of the Treasury of the United States. 
Sec. 7. That the public park authorized and established by this 
act shall be under the joint control of the Commissioners of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia and the Chief of Engineers of the United States 
Army, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to lay out and pre- 
pare roadways and bridle paths, to be used for driving and for horse- 
back riding, respectively, and footways for pedestrians; and whose duty 
it shall also be to make and publish such regulations as they deem neces- 
sary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regu- 
lations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of 
all timber, animals, or curiosities within said park, and their retention 
in their natural condition, as nearly as possible. 
(Stat., XXX, 492.) 
STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 
Biccmbor 9, 1889—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morritx introduced joint resolution (S. 15): 
That the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and 
the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, be, and are hereby, authorized to con- 
tract for a statue in bronze of Christopher Columbus, to be erected on the circle at 
the western entrance to the Capitol grounds from Pennsylvania ayenue; and for this 
purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the monument, 
the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated, 
out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the 
naval monument now standing upon the circle herein mentioned shall be removed 
and placed upon the triangular reservation bounded by Connecticut avenue, Twen- 
tieth street, and Q street; and any expense attending such removal shall be paid out . 
of the sum herein appropriated. 
Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. 
NATIONAL MILITARY AND NAVAL MUSEUM. 
December 18, 1889—House. 
Mr. B. M. Curcueon introduced bill (H. 479) to establish a national 
mnilitary and naval museum in the city of Washington. 
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. 
liy 23, 1890—House. © 
Reported by Mr. B. M. Cutcheon with amendment (Report H. 2084). 
Referred to Committee of the Whole. 
