FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1787 
Arkansas shall have accepted and approved the conditions, limitations, 
and provisions herein contained by an act of the general assembly or 
by an instrument in writing duly executed by the governor under the 
authority conferred upon him by the legislature of said State, and filed 
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior 
within one year from the approval of this act: Provided further, That 
whereas the general assembly of the State of Arkansas did, on the 10th 
day of March, 1897, accept and approve the conditions, limitations, 
and provisions herein contained before the passage of this act, making 
the same effective and conclusive, therefore this act shall be in full 
force and effect from and after its passage. 
(Stat., XXX, 367.) 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ANNALS. 
May 18, 1897—Senate. 
Mr. H. C. Loner submitted concurrent resolution: 
That there be printed and bound 3,000 copies of a special report describing the 
methods and results of the investigations conducted at the astrophysical observatory 
of the Smithsonian Institution, entitled Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, of 
which number 500 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 1,000 copies for the use 
of the House of Representatives, and 1,500 for distribution by the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
June 3, 1897—Senate. 
Mr. H. C. Loner, from Committee on Printing, to whom was refer- 
red the concurrent resolution submitted May 18, reported it without 
amendment. | 
Agreed to. 
June 7, 1897—House. 
Senate concurrent resolution of June 3, referred to Committee on 
Printing. 
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ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES. 
December 6, 1897—House. 
Estimates for 1899. 
For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction 
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa- 
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000. 
Nore.—Investigations of economic as well as scientific value are carried on at the 
Astrophysical Observatory, which was established in 1890. The results are among the 
newest and most important developments of astrophysics, and are of such interest 
that every considerable civilized government, notably those of France and Ger- 
many, has organized such establishments in addition to and independent of the 
observatories devoted to older processes of astronomy. The estimate herewith sub- 
mitted contemplates no increase in the amount of the appropriation as compared 
with that of the current year. 
