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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. Than 
That it is not necessary to read. 
Said association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America. 
Said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such 
portions thereof as he shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are 
authorized to permit said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, 
pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the 
National Museum at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as 
they shall prescribe. , 
It will result in an exceedingly valuable collection of historical man- 
uscripts, publications, etc., in the National Library. The association 
numbers hundreds of members, including every leading librarian or 
student of history in the United States, I think. 
The concurrent resolution was agreed to. 
August 30, 1890—House. 
Concurrent resolution laid before House. 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
February 27, 1891—Senate. 
The Vick-PrestpEnt (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate 
a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 
transmitting, in accordance with law, the annual report of the Ameri- 
can Historical Association for 1890. 
The Vicr-PrEsIDENT. The communication and accompanying report 
will be referred to the Committee on Printing, if there be no 
objection. 
Mr Cuarues F. Manperson. I suggest that that report be printed in 
the usual number as it is a regular report coming from the Secretary of 
the Institution. I think that the better course would be to make that 
order without reference to the Committee on Printing. The question 
whether a large number ought to be printed might be referred to the 
Committee on Printing. 
The Vicr-PrEsIDENT. It will be so ordered. 
OWEN STATUE. 
June 30, 1890—House. 
Mr. R. P. Ftower introduced bill (H. 11208): 
That the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the 
object of this resolution, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of 
any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the 
purpose of erecting on the grounds or in the building of the Smithsonian Institution, 
in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to be located under the direction of 
the Regents of the said Smithsonian Institution, a statue of the late Robert Dale 
Owen, a distinguished citizen and statesman of the United States and one of the prin- 
cipal promoters and architects of the building of said Institution: Provided, however, 
That the expenditure of said money small be made under and by the direction of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the sculptor to be designated by the representatives of 
the family of the late Robert Dale Owen, with the concurrence and approval of the 
said Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Referred to Committee on the Library. 
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