1552 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—APPROPRIATIONS. 
August 5, 1892. ? 
Sundry civil act for 1893. 
For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction 
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa- 
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000. 
(Stat., XX VIT, 360.) 
March 3, 1893. 
Sundry civil act for 1894. 
For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction 
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa- 
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $9,000. 
(Stat., X XVII, 582. 
OWEN STATUE. 
December 10, 1891—Senate. 
Mr. D. W. VoorHEEs introduced bill (8. 316): 
Whereas Robert Dale Owen, then a Representative in Congress from the State of 
Indiana, on the 19th of December, 1845, introduced in the Twenty-ninth Congress a 
bill ‘‘to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowl- 
edge among men,”’ and in the face of strong opposition secured its substantial enact- 
ment April 29, 1846; and 
Whereas he was appointed chairman of the first Board of Regents of said Institu- 
tion, and devoted many years of his life to its organization and success: Therefore, 
Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may by necessary, 
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treas- 
ury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of erecting on 
the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, in the city of Washington, District of 
Columbia, under the direction of the Regents of the said Smithsonian Institution, a 
statue of the late Robert Dale Owen: Provided, however, That the expenditure of said 
money shall 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 Smith- 
sonian Institution. 
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Referred to Committee on the Library. 
March 29, 1892—Senate. ° 
Reported by Mr. M. 5. Quay. 
May 23, 1892—Senate. 
The bill (S. 316) for the erection of a statue of the late Robert Dale 
Owen, of Indiana, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. 
Mr. D. W. Voorness offered an amendment. 
After the words ‘‘ sculptor to be,” it was proposed to strike out: 
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. 
And insert: 
Chosen by a commission, consisting of the chairman of the Joint Committee on the 
Library of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the member 
