FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1409 
I am absolutely certain that there is no possibility of getting the bill 
through at all unless we consent to the amendment of the House. 
Mr. Jonn R. McPuerson. May I ask the Senator from Vermont 
what is the amount of appropriation carried by the bill? 
Mr. Morritz. Ninety-two thousand dollars is the whole amount, I 
believe. One-half of it will be paid by the District. 
Mr. Ineatis. There is certainly more than that involved. 
Mr. Morritu. No; there is not. 
Mr. Ineatis. What was the amount of the purchase? 
Mr. Morrity. Two hundred thousand dollars. 
Mr. Ineatrs. One-half of that is to be paid by the Government, 
and one-half by the District? 
Mr. Morrixu. [| think so. 
Mr. Ineauts. I think that is a mistake. 
The Vicr-PrestpENtT. The question is on the motion of the Senator 
from Vermont that the Senate recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the House, and agree to the amendment made by the 
House of Representatives to the Senate bill. 
Mr. McPuerson. I do not think the Senate entirely understand 
this question. Certainly I do not. I now wish to inquire as to the 
appropriation of money made for the purchase of the land. Was the 
Government to pay one-half of that cost and the District of Columbia 
the other half? 
Mr. Morrixu. I so understand it. 
Mr. McPuerson. I did not so understand it. I understand the cost 
was to be entirely defrayed by the Government Treasury. 
Mr. Wituiam B. Attison. I will say to the senator, I have the 
District of Columbia bill of last year before me— 
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— 
One-half the expenses to be paid by the District of Columbia. 
Mr. McPuerson. What was the amount of the appropriation ? 
Mr. Axuison. Two hundred thousand dollars. In the bill now under 
consideration there is an extension of this amount to the District for 
twenty-five years. 
Mr. J. SuHerMAn. The second section of the bill now pending here 
provides for apportioning this one-half to the District of Columbia 
into twenty-five equal annual payments. I hope that when we reach 
the second section of the District appropriation bill we shall amend it, 
so as to declare that the District of Columbia should pay no part of 
the cost of this Zoological Park. It would more properly come up 
for consideration on the very bill we have before us. I hope there- 
fore that the Senate will recede from its position so far as the first 
year’s expenses are concerned. All that is involved in this bill is the 
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