ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS RELATIVE TO THE 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM, ETC. 



(In continuation from previous reports.) 



[Fifty-fourth Congress, first session, December 2, 1895, to June 11, 1896.] 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in tlie Board 

 of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other thau 

 Members of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of William 

 L. Wilson, of the State of West Virginia, in place of Henry Coppee, 

 deceased. (Joint Resolution, approved January 14, 1896, Statutes of 

 the Fifty-fourth Congress, p. 461.) 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



International Exchanges. — For expenses of the system of international 

 exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the 

 direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compen- 

 sation of all necessary employees, nineteen thousand dollars. (Sundry 

 civil appropriation act, approved June 11, 1896, Statutes of the Fifty- 

 fourth Congress, p. 425.) 



( 'n ited States Geological Survey. — For the purchase of necessary books 

 for the library, and the payment for the transmission of public docu- 

 ments through the Smithsonian exchange, two thousand dollars. (Sun- 

 dry civil appropriation act, approved June 11, 1896, Statutes of the 

 Fifty-fourth Congress, p. 436.) 



War Department, — For the transportation of reports and maps to 

 foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, one hundred 

 dollars. (Sundry civil appropriation act, approved June 11,1896, Stat- 

 utes of the Fifty-fourth Congress, p. 444.) 



Xaral Observatory. — For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences; 

 furniture, gas, chemicals, and stationery; freight (including transmis- 

 sion of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange); foreign 

 postage and expressage; plants, fertilizers, and all contingent expenses, 

 two thousand fixe hundred dollars. (Legislative, executive, and judi- 

 cial appropriation act, approved May 28, 1896, Statutes of the Fifty- 

 fourth Congress, p. 166.) 



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