April 19, 1871-Senate. The concurrent resolution of April 18, from the House of Representatives, for the printing of 12,500 copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1870, was agreed to. April 3, 1872-House. Mr. L. P. POLAND introduced concurrent resolution for printing 2,000 extra copies of each of the reports of the Smithsonian Institution for such volumes as the stereotype plates are in the Congressional Printing Office. April 26, 1872-Senate. Annual report for 1871 laid before the Senate. Mr. H. HAMLIN moved to have 12,500 extra copies of the report printed. April 26, 1872-House. Annual report for 1871 laid before the House. Mr. L. P. POLAND offered a resolution to print 20,000 extra copies of the report. May 2, 1872-Senate. Mr. H. B. ANTHONY reported resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That 12,500 additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1871 be printed, 2,500 for the use of the Senate, 5,000 for the use of the House, and 5,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages of said report shall not exceed 450, and that there shall be no illustrations except those furnished by the Smithsonian Institution. Agreed to. May 10, 1872-House. Mr. W. P. PRICE, from the Committee on Printing, reported back the concurrent resolution of the Senate to print 12,500 additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1871. Mr. J. A. GARFIELD. I hope there will be an increase of the number of these reports to be printed. I move that the several numbers be doubled. Mr. S. J. RANDALL. I think 5,000 copies will be enough for the Institution. Mr. GARFIELD. Well, I will move to double the number for each House of Congress, but not for the Smithsonian Institution. The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution adopted. May 23, 1872-House. Mr. J. M. PENDLETON, from the Committee on Printing, ofered concurrent resolution: That 2,000 copies of each of the reports of the Smithsonian Institution of which the stereotype plates are now in the Congressional Printing Office be printed for distri bution by the Smithsonian Institution to libraries, colleges, and public establish ments. Adopted. May 24, 1872-Senate. Mr. H. B. ANTHONY, from the Committee on Printing, reported nonconcurrence to the amendment of the House of Representatives to increase the number of extra copies of the report for 1871 to 20,000. Agreed to. May 29, 1872-Senate. Mr. H. B. ANTHONY, from the Committee on Printing, reported back House resolution of May 23, 1872. Agreed to. June 3, 1872-House. Mr. W. P. PRICE reported back from the committee the Senate resolution for printing 12,500 extra copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1871. The House amended the resolution by making the number 20,000, but the Senate refused to concur in that amendment. The Committee on Printing recommended that the House recede from its amendment. Mr. L. P. POLAND. I hope the House will not recede. The Speaker (Mr. JAMES G. BLAINE). If there is to be a debate the Chair can not entertain the proposition. The House is acting under an order made under suspension of the rules to consider business on the Speaker's table. Mr. JOHN BEATTY. I think the gentleman from Vermont [Mr. Poland] had better agree to the proposition to recede. Mr. POLAND. No, sir; I have very good reasons for believing that the Senate will concur in our amendment if we insist upon it. December 20, 1872-House. Mr. L. P. POLAND offered a resolution to have 20,000 extra copies of the report for 1871 printed. January 31, 1873-House. Senate resolution of May 2, 1872, agreed to. February 21, 1873-Senate. Annual report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1872 presented. February 21, 1873-House. Mr. L. P. POLAND offered a resolution to have 20,000 extra copies printed of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1872. March 1, 1873-Senate. Mr. H. B. ANTHONY reported from the Committee on Printing resolution: That 12,500 additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1872 be printed, 2,500 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 5,000 for the use of the House, and 5,000 for the use of the Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages of said report shall not exceed 450, and that there shall be no illustrations except those furnished by the Smithsonian Institution. Agreed to. March 3, 1873-House. Mr. W. P. PRICE, from the Committee on Printing, reported concurrence in the resolution of the Senate to print 12,500 extra copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1872. Agreed to. April 20, 1871. DECORATION FOR PROF. JOSEPH HENRY. Resolved, etc., That the consent of Congress is hereby given to Professor Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to accept the title and regalia of a commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf, conferred upon him for his distinguished scientific service and character by the King of Sweden and Norway, grand master of said order. (Stat., XVII, 643.) March 2, 1872. EXPLORING EXPEDITION. Be it enacted, etc., That the Joint Committee on the Library be authorized to grant to James D. Dana the use of such of the engraved plates of the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Wilkes, now in charge of said committee, as may be desired by him for the publishing a book on corals and coral islands. (Stat., XVII, 646.) May 28, 1872. Be it enacted, etc., That the Joint Committee on the Library be, and they are hereby, authorized to contract for the completion of three unfinished volumes of the United States Exploring Expedition of the years 1838 to 1842, to consist of physics and hydrography of the expedition by Charles Wilkes, and the volume of botany of the expedition by John Torrey and others; said publication to be made in the same style as the volumes heretofore published, and distributed in the same manner: Provided, That no more than $9,000 shall in any case be required to finish said volumes. (Stat., XVII, 164.) June 10, 1872. Sundry civil act for 1873. For the publication of three volumes of Wilkes's Exploring Expedition, agreeably to act of May 28, 1872, $9,000. (Stat., XVII, 362.) May 8, 1872. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1873. Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign governments, $1,500. (Stat., XVII, 64.) May 18, 1872. Deficiency act for 1872, etc. Library of Congress: Fund for exchange of public documents, $6.70. (Stat., XVII, 123.) March 3, 1873. Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1874. Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign governments, $1,500. (Stat., XVII, 490.) May 18, 1872. CARE OF GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS. Deficiency act for 1872, etc. To commence the proper fitting-up, in a fire-proof manner, of the vacant apartments in the Smithsonian Institution building for the proper distribution and exhibition of the Government collections of natural history, geology, and mineralogy, $5,000. (Stat., XVII, 131.) June 10, 1872. Sundry civil act for 1873. Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, $15,000. For the completion of the hall required for the Government collections, $10,000. (Stat., XVII, 361.) February 28, 1873-Senate. Mr. JOHN W. STEVENSON. I am authorized by the Committee on Appropriations to offer a small amendment on page 27, line 658, to strike out "fifteen" and insert "twenty." The clause now reads: For preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, $15,000. This increase is asked for in order to enable the Institution to arrange and exhibit the geological collections lately transferred from the Land Office, and to make out duplicate specimens in sets for distributing to colleges and institutions throughout the United States. Professor Baird, in a letter before me, says that he made this estimate of $15,000, which is the usual estimate, before the transfer was made from the Land Office of all these specimens, and the additional appropriation is required to prepare for the large increase of these specimens, and also to prepare duplicates for distribution. The amendment. simply proposes an appropriation of $20,000 instead of $15,000. I hope the Senate will agree to it. Mr. CORNELIUS COLE. I think $20,000 is probably more than the whole thing is worth. Mr. STEVENSON. I am astonished at the chairman. Mr. COLE. I think it is hardly worth while to expend such a large sum for such things, and $15,000, it seems to me, is ample for whatever care is requisite for the specimens that were received by the Smithsonian Institution from the Land Office. Mr. STEVENSON. I had hoped that the chairman of the committee would be satisfied with the recommendation and estimate of Professor Baird. He gives a very good reason why he wants an increase of the appropriation, and when a man like Professor Baird tells us why he wants this, in order to enable the Institution to exhibit the geological collection which they have received, and to make out duplicate specimens of them, I do not see how we can well refuse such a request. Agreed to. March 3, 1873. Sundry civil act for 1874. Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, $15,000. For fitting up the new halls required for the Government collections, $15,000. For steam-heating apparatus for the same, $12,000. (Stat., XVII, 518.) June 1, 1872. EXPOSITIONS. Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Whereas Congress did provide by an act entitled "An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of American independence by holding an international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine in the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1876," approved March third, 1871, for the appointment of commissioners to promote and control the exhibition of the national resources and their development, and the nation's progress in arts which benefit mankind, and to suggest and direct appropriate ceremonies by which the people of the United States may commemorate that memorable and decisive event, the Declaration of American Independence by the Congress of the United Colonies assembled in the city of Philadelphia, on the fourth day of July, anno Domini 1776; and whereas such provisions should be made for procuring the funds requisite for the purposes aforesaid as will enable all the people of the United States, who have shared the common blessings resulting from national independence, to aid in the preparation and conduct of said international exhibition and memorial celebration under the direction of the commissioners of the United States: Therefore, Be it enacted, etc., That there is hereby created a body corporate, to be known by the name of the Centennial Board of Finance, and by that name to have an incorporate existence until the object for which |