1416 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Src. 8. That the heads of Executive Departments of the Government 
are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all neces- 
sary and practicable aid to the said Regents in the acquisition of 
collections for the Zoological Park. 
(Stat., XX VI, 78.) 
January 7, 1891—House. 
Mr. Bengamin A. ENLOE introduced a resolution: 
Resolved, That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and they are hereby, 
requested and directed to furnish to the House of Representatives a detailed and 
itemized statement of the expenditures which have been made from the appropria- 
tion provided in the act approved April 30, 1890, entitled ‘‘An act for the organiza- 
tion, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park;’’ and they are 
further directed and requested to report whether or not any of the land purchased 
for park purposes has been reserved from the public, or set apart for scientific or 
other purposes than those for the Zoological Park; also to report whether or not any 
part of the said appropriation has been expended in violation of the provisions of 
said act. 
Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department. 
January 27, 1891—House. 
Mr. Bengamin A. ENLOE introduced a resolution: 
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform the House of 
Representatives whether or not the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have 
accepted the trust imposed by the act approved April 20, 1890, entitled ‘‘An act for 
the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’’ 
and to report by what legal authority the Treasury Department has paid out that 
portion of the appropriation made by said act, which has been expended up to and 
including the 27th day of January, 1891. 
Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. 
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Mr. ENLOE called up resolution introduced on January 7, 1891. 
The Speaker. Upon what ground does the gentleman make that a 
question of privilege? 
Mr. Enxor. I call it a privileged question on the ground that the 
resolution has been introduced a sufficient length of time to make it 
privileged, it being an inquiry addressed to the Regents of the Smith- 
sonian Institution. The matter has been before the Committee on 
Expenditures in the Interior Department, and the committee agreed 
to report a resolution striking out the portion of the resolution as 
read which calls for an itemized statement of the expenditures. 
The Speaker. The rule applies only to resolutions of inquiry 
addressed to the heads of Executive Departments. 
Mr. Entor. On that point, Mr. Speaker, I desire to say that the 
reason why the resolution was framed as it is and also the reason why 
I consider this as presenting a question of privilege is because it is 
addressed to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are made 
trustees for the disbursement of this fund and for the organization of 
this park, and are not under the control of any Department of the Gov- 
ernment. 
