CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. _ 1839 
FORTIETH CONGRESS, 1867-1869. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 
By the Vice-President. 
March 21, 1867—Senate. 
On motion of Mr. W. P. FressenpdEN it was ordered that the Presi- 
dent pro tempore of the Senate appoint two members to fill vacancies 
in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, occasioned 
by the expiration of the terms of service of Lyman Trumbull and 
Garret Davis. The President pro tempore (Mr. B. F. Wane) reap- 
pointed Mr. Trumbull and Mr. Davis. 
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1875-1877. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 
By the Speaker. 
December 14, 1875—House. 
The Speaker (Mr. M. C. Kerr) announced that he had aeiionited 
Hiester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, Benjamin H. Hill, of Georgia, and 
George W. McCrary, of lowa, as Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution. 
REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 
April 13, 1876.—Senate. 
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1875, presented. 
Mr. Hannipat HaMuin moved that extra copies be printed. 
Referred to Committee on Printing. 
April 20, 1876.—Senate. 
Mr. Henry B. AnrHony, from Committee on Printing, reported a 
concurrent resolution: 
Resolved, etc., That 10,500 copies of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 
the year 1875 be printed; 1,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 
2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 7,500 copies for the use 
of the Smithsonian: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages shall not exceed 
450, and that there shall be no illustrations, except those furnished by the Smith- 
sonian Institution. 
Passed. 
April 27, 1876.—House. 
On motion by Mr. R. B. Vance, the Senate concurrent resolution of 
April 20 was referred to Committee on Printing. 
