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Sec. 6. That the said board of regents shall have, and are hereby granted, author- 
ity to obtain the necessary ground and provide for the necessary buildings and con- 
veniences reqnired for the purposes of this act, and to fix the compensation and 
allowance of all officers, professors, fellows, scholars authorized by this act to be by 
them provided for, and to provide for all incidental expenses arising from the exe- 
cution of this act; all of which expenses shall be reported to the proper accounting 
officers of the Treasury and passed upon according to the usual course of accounts for 
the public service, but no such expenses shall exceed the allowance in gross provided 
for in this act. 
Sec. 7. That the sum of not exceeding $500,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the procure- 
ment of the necessary grounds and the erection of the necessary buildings contem- 
plated in this act. 
Sec. 8. That the sum of $5,000,000 of money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- 
priated is hereby permanently set apart in the Treasury of the United States as 
the principal of a perpetual fund, the necessary part of the income of which, and no 
more than such income, may be annually used for the purposes in this act men- 
tioned. The said sum so set apart shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum 
per annum, out of which four per centum per annum all the expenses of said university, 
excepting the expenses provided for in the special appropriation for grounds and 
buildings hereinbefore mentioned, shall be paid. 
Src. 9. That the said board of regents may receive gifts and donations in aid of 
any of the objects in this act mentioned, and in such case they shall invest or other- 
wise deal with the same according to the will of the donor in each case. 
Sec. 10. That no special sectarian belief or doctrine shall be taught or promoted in 
said university, but this prohibition shall not be deemed to exclude the study and 
consideration of Christian theology. 
Sec. 11. That no person otherwise eligible according to the provisions of this act 
shall be excluded from the benefits thereof on account of race, color, citizenship, or 
religious belief. 
Src. 12. That Congress shall have power at all times, according to its judgment for 
the public good, to amend or repeal this act, and it shall have the power by any 
committee of either House of Congress appointed for that purpose to visit and 
inquire into and report upon all the operations of the corporation established by 
this act. 
Referred to Select Committee of nine. 
June 4, 1890—Senate. 
The PREestmpENT pro tempore (Mr. J. J. INGAxs) appointed Mr. G. 
F. Edmunds, Mr. John Sherman, Mr. J. J. Ingalls, Mr. H. W. Blair, 
fire. N. Dolph, Mr. 1. G.. Harris, Mr. M. C.” Butler, Mr. R. 1. 
Gibson, and Mr. J. S. Barbour on committee. 
Mr. IneAtts explained that the members of the committee had been 
selected without consulting the Chair, hence the appointment of 
himself. 
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. 
June 7, 1890—House. 
Mr. Cuarztes O'NEILL (by request) introduced bill (H. 10816): 
Whereas the Government of the United States of America has inaugurated a cele- 
bration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by 
Christopher Columbus to be held in the year 1892; and 
Whereas it is proper that some permanent memorial of that great event should be 
erected at the capital of the nation; and 
