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recommendations contained in the resolutions were partially in- 
corporated into the bill in the following language (H. R. 9051, 
p. 1 and 7). 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, that on and after the first day 
of July, 1888, the following articles mentioned in this section, when im- 
ported, shall be exempt from duty: : 
‘‘ Bibles, books and pamphlets printed in other languages than English, 
and books and pamphlets and all publications of Foreign Governments, 
and publications of Foreign Societies, historical or scientific, printed for 
gratuitous distribution.” 
This provision, although not covering the case of scientific pub- 
lications produced in England, is a great advance over previous 
legislation on the subject. 
As it is probable that the Mills bill in its present shape will not 
pass the Senate, and as the Senate is preparing a tariff bill as a sub- 
stitute for it, the resolutions of your committee have been sub- 
mitted to the committee of the Senate engaged in preparing this 
bill, of which Senator W. B. Allison is chairman. There is every 
reason to believe that the suggestions therein contained will re- 
ceive the respectful consideration of that committee. 
It has been hoped that some relief from the tax on knowledge 
at present imposed by the government of the United States might 
_ ‘| Whereas, the cause of education in science is retarded by the restric- 
tions placed by Congress on the importa on of scientific books and ap- 
gators, and are but rarely duplicated in this country : whereas the value 
of scientific apparatus is in nearly all cases dep t 
ofthe maker : and whereas colleg di i 
permitted to import apparatus duty free, while private investigators, usu- 
ally less able to yh ed : f 
“ Be it resolved, That ———— hereby requests the Representatives o 
thestate of —— in the Congress of the United States to use all pos- 
