the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions, for exhibition cases, $3,562.56.

NOTE. In explanation I would state that from time to time for several years past the Treasury Department has, at the request of the Smithsonian Institution, granted free permits for importations of glass to offset the duty paid on that furnished from stock to the National Museum, and the New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Louisville expositions by the firm in question; but in the summer of 1884 an order was issued by the Treasury Department declining to grant further permits unless the glass came directly through the custom-house to this city, this order proving retroactive with regard to Messrs. Bache & Co. The amount of duties now asked to be refunded we have found to be correct, and covers the entire liability of the Government on this account to the firm mentioned, to the present date.

September 26, 1888.

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Semon Bache & Company, of New York, the sum of $3,562.56, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of refunding the duty paid by said firm upon glass from imported stock furnished to the National Museum and the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions for exhibition

cases.

(Stat., XXV, 1190.)

January 5, 1888-Senate.

EXPOSITIONS.

Washington, D. C., Exposition.

Mr. George F. Hoar introduced a bill (S. 1165) to provide for a world's exposition at the national capital in 1892, and thereafter a permanent exposition of the three Americas in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America.

SEC. 5. That space be assigned in some Government reservation in the city of Washington for the following permanent governmental buildings, namely:

(1) Space for the enlargement of the present National Museum into a continental or three Americas museum, said space to be available whenever the necessary funds are provided for said purpose.

(2) Space for a permanent building, under the control of the Interior Department, for the exhibit of working models of important American inventions, said space to be available whenever the necessary funds are provided for said purpose.

Referred to Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America.

February 1, 1888.

Melbourne Exposition.

Joint resolution.

Whereas the British Government has extended to the Government of the United States an invitation to participate in the international exhibition which is to be held at Melbourne, beginning on the 1st day

of August, 1888, to celebrate the centenary of the founding of New South Wales: Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That said invitation is accepted, and that there be, and there hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the purpose of this resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this country at said exhibition.

Whereas the Spanish Government has extended to the Government of the United States an invitation to participate in the international exhibition which is to be held at Barcelona, Spain, commencing in the month of April, 1888:

Resolved, etc., That said invitation is accepted, and that there be, and there hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the purpose of this resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this country at said exhibition.

Whereas the United States have been invited by the Republic of France to take part in an exposition of works of art and the products of manufactures and agriculture of all nations, to be held in Paris, commencing the 5th day of May and closing the 31st day of October, 1889: Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That said invitation is accepted, and that the governors of the several States and Territories be, and are hereby, requested to

invite the people of their respective States and Territories to assist in the proper representation of the productions of our industry and of the natural resources of the country, and to take such further measures as may be necessary in order to secure to their respective States and Territories the advantages to be derived from this beneficent undertaking.

SEC. 2. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a commissioner-general to represent the United States in the proposed exposition, and under the general direction of the Secretary of State, to make all needful rules and regulations in reference to the contributions from this country, and to control the expenditures incident to the proper installation and exhibit thereof; the pay of jurors, and the preparation of the reports on the exposition, and the general results thereof; and an assistant commissioner-general to act under the direction of the commissioner-general, who shall perform the duties of commissioner-general in case of his death or disability; and that the President may also appoint as assistants to the commissioner-general nine scientific experts, corresponding to and specifically assigned to the nine groups into which the exposition will, under the official regulations be divided; that the allowance to said commissioner-general for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed $10,000 for his whole term of office; that the allowance of said assistant commissioner-general for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed $5,000 for his term of office, and the allowance of the nine scientific experts for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed $1,500 each, not including such clerical service as may be allowed by the commissioner-general, which shall not exceed $15,000.

SEC. 3. That in order to defray the necessary expenses above authorized, and for the proper installation of the exhibition, and the expenditures of the commissioner-general made under the direction of the Secretary of State, and with his approval, and not otherwise, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes herein specified, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State; the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to collect and prepare suitable specimens of the agricultural productions of the several States and Territories of the Union for exhibition at the Paris Exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such productions, to be printed in the English, French, and German languages, the expense of the same to be paid out of said appropriation. SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with all reports called for under section 2 of this resolution, which reports

shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference.

(Stat., XXV, 620.)

October 10, 1888-Senate.

Mr. J. N. DOLPH introduced a joint resolution (S. 115):

Resolved, etc., That the Executive and other Departments of the Government, the National Museum, the Geological Survey, and the Smithsonian Institute, be, and they are hereby, authorized to use for exhibition at the Paris Exposition of 1889 such articles and cases as may be on hand and for which space can be obtained; and that any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Cincinnati Exhibition of 1888 may be applied for the preparation and boxing of such exhibits.

Mr. DOLPH. This joint resolution was handed to me by an officer of the State Department to-day. He came here to see the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, who is absent. The resolution, I think, will meet no opposition. I have consulted all the members of the Committee on Foreign Relations who are present to-day, and all are in favor of the resolution and agree to its being put upon its passage now.

Mr. GEO. F. HOAR. What does the joint resolution comprehend? It seems to be pretty vague in description. I should like to have it read once more.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. INGALLS). The joint resolution will be read the second time at length.

The joint resolution was read the second time.

Mr. HOAR. I do not understand what the phrase means, "the Executive and other Departments of the Government."

"other Departments"?

What are the

Mr. DOLPH. I understand that the articles which it is proposed to place on exhibition at the Paris Exposition are the articles which are now on exhibition at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr. HOAR. The joint resolution does not say so.

Mr. DOLPH. I send to the desk and ask to have read a letter from the Acting Secretary of State to the chairman of the committee, which was handed to me in the absence of the chairman.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The letter will be read, if there be no objection.

The Secretary read as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, October 10, 1888.

SIR: The attention of this Department has been called to the fact that, without Congressional action, the Director of the National Museum will have no authority to have articles shipped from that collection to Paris. The same is true of articles in the possession of the Smithsonian Institution and the Bureau of Ethnology, all of which departments of the Government would be able at trifling expense, if authorized to do so, to make a satisfactory and creditable display at the Paris Exposition which opens in May, 1889.

It will be quite unnecessary to make any further appropriation of funds for the purpose indicated if the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated for the Cincinnati Exposition may be devoted to packing and preparing the exhibits made by the Government there, and transferring them to Paris. All that is desired is that authority should be given to the various Departments of the Government that have articles on hand to use them in the direction indicated. It is proposed by the commissioner-general, who, I believe, has been in correspondence with the authorities of the Smithsonian Institution and the Geological Survey, that little more should be done than transfer the articles now on exhibition at Cincinnati to Paris.

A form of a proposed resolution is hereto appended.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

G. L. RIVES,

Acting Secretary.

Hon. JOHN SHERMAN,

Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

Inclosure: Joint resolution (proposed).

Mr. HOAR. The joint resolution is slovenly, unmeaning, and utterly unworthy of the Senate or of a legislative body. The Senator from Oregon ought to put it in proper shape before it is passed.

The Geological Survey

What is the "Geological Survey" as an official?

The Geological Survey is hereby authorized to use for exhibition at the Paris Exposition of 1889 such articles and cases as may be on hand.

Where? It is accompanied by a letter saying that it refers to the articles which have been already exhibited at Cincinnati.

The executive and other departments of the Government

are also authorized.

There is no limitation in the joint resolution to articles which have been exhibited at Cincinnati.

Mr. DOLPH. I will ask the Senator if he knows of any such resolution that has been passed which specifies the articles in the different departments which are to be put on exhibition?

Mr. HOAR. The resolution might at least state, not indicating the several articles, that the responsibility of selecting such articles should be put upon some official or person named.

Mr. DOLPH. I understand the resolution to do that. It specifies the heads of the various bureaus or departments which have the articles.

Mr. HOAR. It seems to me very extraordinary legal phraseology to say that the Geological Survey is authorized to send to Paris "such articles and cases as may be on hand.”

Mr. DOLPH. I am not going to get up a controversy with the Senator from Massachusetts about the joint resolution. I did not draw it. It was transmitted here by the Department of State

Mr. HOAR. I shall object to it until it is put in proper form.