1624 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
May 26, 1892—Senate. 
Mr. J. D. Cameron introduced bill (S. 3215) to incorporate the 
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America: 
Be it enacted, etc., That Emily B. Banning (Mrs. Henry E. Banning), M. Louisa 
Spruance, Miss Spottswood, Mrs. W. P. Johnston, and Mrs. John B. Rodney, of 
Delaware; Deborah Brown Coleman (Mrs. G. Dawson Coleman), Elizabeth Duane 
Gillespie, Fanny Hollingsworth Arnold (Mrs. Crawford Arnold), Elizabeth McKean 
(Mrs. Thomas McKean), and Julia Rush Biddle, of Pennsylvania; Elizabeth Alford 
Smith, Mary Dickinson, Caroline E. Nixon, Mrs. Cleaveland Hetson, and Mrs. Elmer 
E. Green, of New Jersey; Anne Smith Von Kapff (Mrs. Frederick Von Kapff), 
Ellen Howard Bayard (Mrs. Richard Bassett Bayard), Eleanor Rogers Goldsborough 
(Mrs. George Robbins Goldsborough), Emilie McKim Reed (Mrs. William Reed), 
Mrs. Rebecca Chapman, and Mrs. Eugene Blackford, of Maryland, and Florence 
Kidder, of North Carolina, trustees of the said society, and their associates and suc- | 
cessors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and title of the 
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, for patriotic, historical, and 
educational purposes. The particular business of the said society is the collection 
and preservation of relics, manuscripts, and traditions of the founders and builders 
of the thirteen original States of the Union, the perpetuation of the memory cf their 
deeds and achievements, the promotion of celebrations of great historic events of 
national importance, the diffusion of information on all subjects concerning Ameri- 
can history, and the cultivation of the spirit of patriotism and reverence for the 
founders of American constitutional liberty. Said society is authorized to hold real 
and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its 
lawful ends to an amount not exceeding the limits prescribed by law; and it may 
adopt a constitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law. Said society shall 
have its principal office in the city of Washington, and may hold its annual meeting 
in such places as the trustees thereof shall designate. Said society shali report 
annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, 
and said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of said mepOrs or such 
portion thereof as he shall see fit. 
Referred to Committee on Library. 
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION REPORT. 
June 6, 1892—Senate. 
The PresiIpENT pro tempore (Mr. CHarues F. MAnperson) laid 
before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Smith- 
sonian Institution transmitting the annual report of the American 
Historical Association for the year 1891. 
Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. ; 
February 27, 1893—Senate. 
The Vick-PresipEnt (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate a 
communication from S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution, transmitting, in accordance with law, the annual report 
of the American Historical Association for the year 1892. 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
March 2, 1893—Senate. 
Mr. Cuarutes F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, sub- 
mitted report (S. 1871) on printing the report for 1892, with the 
recommendation that the usual number be printed: 
