1766 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
tion of either one of the societies. The committee authorized me to 
make an adverse report on both bills. 
Mr. Quay. On both bills? 
Mr. Hansprovuen. Yes, sir; both the New York society and the 
Pennsylvania society. 
.Mr.. Quay. I did not notice. I supposed the bills were reported 
favorably. 
Mr. Hanssprovueu. No, sir; adversely. 
Mr. Jacop H. Gatirncer. Both of them are reported adversely. 
Mr. Hansprouen. Yes, sir. 
The Prestpinc Orricer (Mr. Samurt Pasco). Does the Senator 
desire that the bills shall be placed upon the Calendar? 
Mr. Aupricu. I requested that the bills should be placed on the 
Calendar. , 
The Presrp1ne OrricEr. It will be so ordered. 
FUR-SEAL INVESTIGATION. 
June 4, 1896—Senate. 
Joint resolution passed to authorize a scientific investigation of the 
fur-seal fisheries. 
June 6, 1896—House. 
Passed. 
June 8, 1896. 
Resolved, ctc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, 
authorized to expend, from any moneys in the Treasury not other- 
wise appropriated, a sum sufficient to provide for the employment of 
persons to conduct a scientific investigation, during the fiscal years 
1896 and 1897, of the present condition of the fur-seal herds on the 
Pribilof, Commander, and Kurile Islands in the North Pacific Ocean 
and Bering Sea, said amount not to exceed for both said years the 
sum of $5,000. 
The Secretary is also authorized to employ a stenographer in con- 
nection with this investigation at a rate of compensation not exceeding 
$1,500 per annum, and to pay his compensation and expenses out of 
any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. — 
The President is authorized to detail, for the purposes of assisting 
in this investigation, any officer or officers or employees of the United 
States Government, their actual expenses and the expenses of the per- 
son or persons employed under the preceding paragraph to be paid 
by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated. 
The President may detail a vessel of the United States for the 
purpose of carrying out this investigation. 
(Stat., X XIX, 475.) 
(To make this investigation the President detailed Dr. L. Stejneger 
and Mr. F. A. Lucas, from the U. 8. National Museum. ] 
