inventors in general use, patented by the United States, as may be selected by the Commissioner of Patents. "4. To allot the requisite space on some public reservation in Washington for the erection of, and suitable surroundings for, a building or buildings of sufficient capacity for a national and international exposition of the arts and industries, products and manufactures, of the several States and Territories of the United States and of all the nations of the world, to be held in 1892 in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Western Hemisphere by Columbus. "5. To provide for the appointment of a board of Government directors, who shall have authority to cause or permit the erection of such exposition buildings upon plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, whenever sufficient funds therefor shall be provided for the purposes, and not before. "6. To provide that the Government directors appoint a secretary and treasurer, the secretary to give to each subscriber to the exposition fund a receipt for the amount subscribed and paid by him, which shall entitle the holder to a pro rata amount of any net proceeds accruing from said exposition, not to exceed the amount contributed by him. If any surplus remains after the reimbursement of subscribers, the same to remain subject to disposition by Congress. The treasurer to receive into the treasury all contributions and all proceeds of the exposition, and to pay out the same only on drafts authorized by the said Government directors. "7. To make all necessary provision for the operations of said exposition. "8. To cause the erection of a statue to Columbus on the exposition grounds." The committee appointed to prepare and present this memorial respectfully ask, therefore, that, in addition to the things generally set forth in said resolutions, specific provision be made by Congress for the following: First. The appointment of a board of location, to consist of five members, who shall have the authority and whose duty it shall be, subject to the subsequent approval by Congress within three months from the passage of such act, to select the requisite space on the public reservations within the city of Washington for the purpose named in the fourth of said resolutions; and this committee suggests as proper officers to compose such board: The Secretary of the Interior, the president of the board of District Commissioners, the engineer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and one member of each House of Congress, to be named by the presiding officer thereof, respectively. Second. The appointment of a board of twenty-one Government directors to perform the duties named in the fifth and sixth of said resolutions; and this committee suggests that in the construction of this board seven be appointed by the President of the United States, seven by the President of the Senate, and seven by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Third. The appointment of an advisory commission of one from each State and Territory, to be named by the governor thereof. Your memorialists further say that the object of asking the appointment of directors by the Government to receive and disburse all moneys in connection with the proposed exposition is to guarantee to the nations, States, and individuals, whose liberality is relied on to insure the success of the undertaking, that the financial part of it will be under the control of the Government of the United States. Respectfully submitted. J. W. THOMPSON, N. G. ORDWAY, Committee of Memorialists. The following were members of the convention: Hon. Robert A. Howard, representing the governor of Arkansas; Hon. A. P. Williams, representing the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; M. Hayes, esq., secretary Delaware board of agriculture; Hon. J. J. Finley, of Florida; Hon. Judson C. Clements, representing the governor of Georgia; Hon. George Hillyer, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia; Hon. Charles F. Muhler, mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Silas T. Bowen, esq., president of Indianapolis Board of Trade; Hon. E. H. Conger, representing the city of Des Moines, Iowa; Hon. Samuel J. Crawford, representing the governor of Kansas; Gen. John Marshall Brown, representing the governor of Maine; Hon. Frank Brown, president of Maryland Agricultural Association; Charles D. Fisher, esq., president Baltimore Board of Trade; C. T. Crane, esq., secretary Baltimore Board of Trade; E. M. Shryver, esq., president Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange; John R. Bland, esq., secretary Merchants and Manufacturers' Exchange of Baltimore; J. Frank Supplee, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; Frank Frick, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; Thomas W. Johnson, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; William T. Biedler, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; E. Levering, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; O. A. Gill, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; George R. Skillman, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; Hon. J. B. Wakefield, representing the governor of Minnesota; Hon. A. A. Ames, representing the city of Minneapolis; Hon. Charles W. Johnson, representing the board of trade of the city of Minneapolis; Hon. Charles H. Dewey, representing the Omaha Board of Trade; H. M. Baker, esq., representing the governor of New Hampshire; Hon. Nicholas T. Kane, representing the mayor of Albany; Henry S. Thayer, esq., representing the mayor of Buffalo, New York; William Thurstone, esq., representing Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade, Buffalo, New York; Hon. W. R. Cox, representing the governor of North Carolina; Hon. Amor Smith, jr., mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; Hon. James P. Goodwin, mayor of Springfield, Ohio; S. J. Ritchie, esq., of Akron, Ohio; C. D. Firestone, esq., president Board of Trade, Columbus, Ohio; Hon. Samuel F. Forbes, mayor of Toledo, Ohio; X. X. Crum, esq., representing the Cleveland (Ohio) Board of Trade; Amos R. Little, esq., representing the governor of Pennsylvania; W. R. Johns, esq., representing Oil City Board of Trade; Hon. A. J. Caldwell, representing the governor of Tennessee; Hon. Zachary Taylor, representing the Merchants' Exchange of Memphis, Tennessee; Hon. W. H. Crain, representing the mayor of Galveston, Texas; Hon. John T. Caine, representing the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah; X. X. Chartters, representing the National Grange and Virginia State Grange; John Trimble, esq., representing the National Grange; John T. Edwards, esq., president Tobacco Association of Lynchburg, Virginia; Hon. Philip Pendleton, representing the governor of West Virginia; Noyes S. Burlew, esq., president Board of Trade, Charleston, West Virginia; Joseph Ruffner, esq., secretary Board of Trade, Charleston, West Virginia. March 3, 1887. Minneapolis Exposition. (An act, etc.) Whereas ample means have been provided for the holding in the city of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, of an exposition of the products of agriculture, manufactures, and the fine arts; and Whereas the objects of such an exposition should commend themselves to Congress, and its success should be promoted by all reasonable encouragement, provided it can be done without expense to the general public: Therefore, Be it enacted, etc., That all articles which shall be imported for the sole purpose of exhibition at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the first exhibition of which is to be held (Stat. XXIV, 560.) March 3, 1887. Joint resolution. Resolved, etc., That it is desirable, in any way consistent with exist- (Stat. XXIV, 648.) ROCK CREEK PARK. June 2, 1886-Senate. Mr. J. J. INGALLS introduced a bill (S. 2584) to establish Rock Referred to Committee on District of Columbia. June 25, 1886-Senate. Mr. J. J. INGÅLLS reported S. 2584 with amendment. July 22, 1886-Senate. Passed. July 23, 1886-House. Senate bill for establishment of Rock Creek Park referred to Committee on District of Columbia. January 31, 1887-House. Mr. JONATHAN H. ROWELL reported S. 2584 favorably. Referred to Calendar. June 18, 1886-Senate. NEUMANN'S SILK FLAG. Mr. J. N. DOLPH presented petition of Joseph Neumann, of California, praying that means be provided to enable him to cause to have made a show case for the preservation of the first flag made of American silk, presented by him to and accepted by Congress, and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, together with the full history of its creation. Referred to Committee on Contingent Expenses of the Senate. That Joseph Neumann be, and he is hereby, allowed the sum of $- to furnish and cause to be placed in the Smithsonian Institution a suitable glass case for the exhibition and preservation of the American silk flag heretofore presented by said Joseph Neumann to the Senate of the United States, and accepted by a resolution of that body July 12, 1870, together with a complete history pertaining to said flag. That the officers and superintendent of said Institute are hereby requested to furnish such assistance as may be necessary for the above object. Said above-named sum of $ to be paid to said Joseph Neumann out of the contingent fund of the Senate not otherwise appropriated, and the Sergeant-at-Arms is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on said fund for said sum of money. Referred to Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. July 6, 1886-Senate. Mr. JOHN P. JONES, of Nevada, reported back petition of Joseph Neumann and resolution by Mr. Dolph with the statement that the committee think that this appropriation can not come out of the contingent fund of the Senate, and they wish that the resolution, with the accompanying papers, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Referred. February 2, 1887-Senate. The President pro tempore (Mr. JOHN SHERMAN) presented a petition of Joseph Neumann for an appropriation for a case for the preservation and exhibition of the first American flag made of native silk, now in the National Museum. Referred to Committee on the Library. H. Doc. 732-66 February 23, 1887-Senate. Same petition presented and referred to Committee on Appropriations. June 22, 1886-House. SMITHSONIAN FUND. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. C. S. Fairchild, in regard to trust funds held by the United States: Under section 6, act July 7, 1838, the Secretary of the Treasury invested $515,169 belonging to the Smithsonian Institution in Arkansas State bonds, which amount, with $187,831 covered into the Treasury to the credit of said Institution since then, constitutes what is called the "Smithsonian fund," held in trust by the Secretary of the Treasury, and on the total amount of the fund, $703,000, interest is paid semiannually to said Institution at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. * * * And the heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting their annual reports to Congress the printing of which is chargeable to this appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined and shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely to the transaction of public business. And hereafter the scientific reports known as the monographs and bulletins of the Geological Survey shall not be published until specific and detailed estimates are made therefor, and specific appropriations made in pursuance of such estimates; and no engraving for the annual reports or for such monographs and bulletins, or of illustrations, sections, and maps, shall be done until specific estimates are submitted therefor and specific appropriations made based on such estimates: Provided, That these limitations shall not apply to the current fiscal year, nor to any of the reports, mineral resources, monographs, or bulletins that may have been transmitted for publication to the Public Printer prior to the passage of this act: Provided further, That all printing and engraving for the Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department, and the Signal Service shall hereafter be estimated for separately and in detail, and appropriated for separately for each of said Bureaus. And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended in the two first quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one-fourth |