1708 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. — 
sion of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign 
postage, and expressage, * * * and all contingent expenses, 
$2,500. 
(Stat., XXIX, 166.) 
Patent Office: For purchase of professicnal and scientific books and 
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent 
Office to foreign governments, $2,000. 
(Stat., X XTX, 170.) 
June 117, 1896. 
Sundry civil act for 1897. 
For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 
employees, $19,000. 
(Stat., X XIX, 425.) 
Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the 
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents 
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000. 
(Stat., X XIX, 436.) 
War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to 
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100. 
(Stat., XXIX, 444.) 
February 19, 1897. 
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1898. 
Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents 
for the publications of foreign governments, $1,500. 
(This pays one clerk at $900 and one clerk at $600. | 
(Stat., X XTX, 545.) 
Naval Observatory: For repairs to buildings, fixtures, * * * 
freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smith- 
sonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, * * * andall 
contingent expenses, $2,500. 
(Stat., X XTX, 565.) 
Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and 
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent 
Office to foreign governments, $3,000. 
(Stat., X XIX, 569.) 
