July 7, 1898-Senate.

The bill (S. 4191) was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill had been reported from Committee on the District of Columbia with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

That a commission to consist of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the Engineer Commissioner of said board, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as was adopted for the acquirement of property already embraced in the National Zoological Park under the provision of the act of March 2, 1889, the tract of land lying south of the National Zoological Park owned by the Union Benevolent Association of the District of Columbia (colored) and now occupied as a cemetery, and such parcels of ground adjoining the said park and between its present boundaries and Connecticut avenue extended on the west and the nearest road shown on the recorded highway extension plans of the first section on the east and south (inclusive of such road in case the same is not yet dedicated to public use) as they shall deem necessary for preserving its safety and perpetuating its seclusion; these properties, along with Joliet street, already purchased, to be made a part of the said park, for which purpose the sum of $25,000 is hereby appropriated, to be paid half out of the District funds and half out of the United States funds. The Union Benevolent Association of the District of Columbia (colored) is hereby authorized to sell and convey any portion or all of the tract of land owned by them on the southern side of the Zoological Park now occupied as a cemetery. The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was passed.

July 8, 1898-House.

Bill (S. 4191) referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

March 2, 1899-House,

Mr. DAVID H. MERCER reported S. 4191, amended.

Referred to Committee of the Whole.

July 1, 1898.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK- GRADING STREETS.

Sundry civil act for 1899.

For the purpose of opening Cathedral avenue in accordance with the highway-extension plans, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey all right and title of the United States in and to a parcel of land bounded on the north by block two of the subdivision called Meridian Hill, and on the east by the east line of said block two extended southward, and on the west by the east line of Sixteenth street west as said line is now extended and laid down through said block two, and on the south by a line parallel to W street of the city of Washington and distant ninety feet north from the south line of said W street, to the parties owning a good and unincumbered title in fee simple to lots numbered twenty-two to twenty-nine, both inclusive, in block numbered five of the subdivision called Woodley Park in the District of Columbia, containing about 103,500 square

feet of land, and adjoining the land of the United States embraced in the Zoological Park, upon the conveyance by said parties of the said lots to the United States: Provided, That said lots in said Woodley Park, when so conveyed to the United States, as aforesaid, shall become part of the said Zoological Park and shall be subject to the inclusion of so much of the same on said Cathedral avenue as may be necessary for the purpose of opening the said avenue.

(Stat., XXX, 616.)

January 31, 1899-Senate.

Mr. JAMES MCMILLAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the sundry civil bill for an appropriation of $45,000 for grading, regulating, and curbing the street on the west border of the Zoological Park, from Woodley road to Cathedral avenue.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

February 23, 1899-Senate.

Mr. JAMES MCMILLAN reported favorably.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK- ESTIMATES.

December 6, 1897-House.

Estimates for 1899.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for. $75,000.

NOTE. The appropriation for the current year is $55,000. An increase of $20,000 is requested for the year 1899, in order to provide for much-needed improvements and additions to the park in several directions. Among these are the construction of a new elephant house and a suitable building for public comfort, additional inclosures for bears and sea lions, repairs to office building, the completion of the roadway along Rock Creek, and the improvement of the walks throughout the park. December 5, 1898-House.

Estimates for 1900.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and for general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $100,000.

NOTE.—An additional sum of $10,000 above the current appropriation has been increasingly needed for some years to replace the temporary buildings and inclosures which were hurriedly erected at the time of the first occupation of the park and which can not be economically repaired. The sum of $25,000 is also asked for the

collection, transportation, and installation of animals from the Hawaiian Islands, from Cuba and Porto Rico, and from other islands in actual possession.

Of these it

is desired to form an exhibit which will now be of special interest and timeliness, as well as of permanent importance.

June 4, 1897.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK-APPROPRIATIONS.

Sundry civil act for 1898.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $55,000; one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States; and of the sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley lane and opening driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of Rock Creek.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $65,000; one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States; and of the sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley lane, and opening driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of Rock Creek. (Stat., XXX, 609.)

March 3, 1899.

Sundry civil act for 1900.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees; the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $75,000; one-half of which sum shall be paid

from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States; and of the sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley lane, and opening driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of Rock Creek, and $5,000 shall be expended in widening the Adams Mill road entrance to the Zoological Park from the corner of Eighteenth street and Columbia road, by acquiring by purchase or condemnation of land sufficient to widen the same to a width of 100 feet, and such road, so widened, shall form a parkway under the control of the Zoological Park.

(Stat., XXX, 1086.)

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

February 23, 1899-Senate.

The VICE-PRESIDENT (Mr. GARRET A. HOBART) laid before the Senate a letter of Mr. S. P. LANGLEY, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting the annual report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor.

REPORT OF SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES REQUIRED. March 3, 1899.

Sundry civil act for 1900.

For the fiscal year 1901, and annually thereafter, a report in detail, shall be made to Congress of the salaries of all officers and employees paid from appropriations under the Smithsonian Institution.

(Stat., XXX, 1085.)

ADDENDA.

THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1849–1851, SPECIAL SESSION, SENATE.

March 6, 1849-Senate.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

By the Vice-President.

James M. Mason was appointed by the Vice-President (Mr. MILLARD FILLMORE) to fill the vacancy in the Board of Regents, vice Sidney Breese, whose term had expired.

July 27, 1861.

THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1861-1863.

EXPOSITIONS.

London.

Joint resolution.

Resolved, etc., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized to take such measures as shall to him seem best to facilitate a proper representation of the industrial interests of the United States at the exhibition of the industry of all nations to be holden at London in the year 1862; and the sum of $2,000 is hereby appropriated for the incidental expenses thereof.

(Stat., XII, 328.)

THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1865-1867.

December 21, 1865-House.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

By the Speaker.

The SPEAKER (Mr. SCHUYLER COLFAX) announced that he had appointed as Regents of the Smithsonian Institution on the part of the House from and after the 27th of December, 1865, James W. Patterson, of New Hampshire, John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois, and James A. Garfield, of Ohio.

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