a bettering of the condition as we run along during the remainder of the present fiscal year.

The concurrent resolution was agreed to.

February 9, 1893-House.

The SPEAKER (Mr. CHARLES F. CRISP) laid before the House Senate concurrent resolution to provide for printing the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution and of the National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1892.

Mr. JAMES D. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Printing have considered that resolution and reported it favorably. I move that it be concurred in.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee, the chairman of the Committee on Printing, asks unanimous consent that this Senate resolution be concurred in.

Mr. RICHARDSON. It does not require unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker.

The SPEAKER. Why not? It is a Senate resolution.

Mr. RICHARDSON. It does not require an appropriation.

The SPEAKER. But it is not a House resolution, and under the rule it can be considered at this time only by unanimous consent.

Mr. RICHARDSON. The House has already provided for printing the identical number provided for in this Senate resolution, and the adoption of this resolution simply prevents a waste of time.

Mr. NELSON DINGLEY, jr. What does it provide for the printing of? Mr. RICHARDSON. The regular annual report of the Smithsonian Institution. As I have said, we have already in the printing bill passed a provision to print this number.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Richardson] asks unanimous consent for the present consideration of this Senate resolution. Is there objection?

Mr. OMER M. KEM. I object.

The SPEAKER. The resolution will be referred to the Committee on Printing.

February 14, 1893-House.

Mr. JAMES D. RICHARDSON, from Committee on Printing, submitted report (H. 2496), on Senate concurrent resolution, with the recommendation that it be agreed to by the House. The estimated cost thereof was $18,000.

Passed.

August 5, 1892.

PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

Sundry civil act for 1893.

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,

and 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.

(Stat., XXVII, 387.)

UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

February 4, 1893-Senate.

Mr. REDFIELD PROCTOR introduced bill (S. 3824):

That an institution shall be, and is hereby, established in the District of Columbia, to be called "The University of the United States," where instruction shall be given in the higher branches of all departments of knowledge, practical as well as literary and scientific, and where facilities shall be furnished for research and investigation. SEC. 2. That the government of the university shall be vested in a board of regents and a council of faculties.

SEC. 3. That the board of regents shall consist of one member from each State of the United States, to be appointed by the governor thereof, with the concurrence of the chief justice and the chief educational officer of his State, six members to be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the following members ex officio, to wit, the President of the United States, who shall be honorary president of the board; the Vice-President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Commissioner of Education, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the president of the university; fifteen to be a quorum. The regents and their successors are hereby created a body politic and corporate, with the name of "The Regents of the University of the United States," and with power, subject to limitations herein prescribed, to adopt statutes for the government of the university, to elect the officers thereof, to determine the conditions of admission to the university, to confer such degrees, and such only, as are recommended by the council of faculties, and in general to perform any and all acts not inconsistent herewith or with the Constitution and laws of the United States, which may be necessary to the ends herein proposed.

SEC. 4. That the first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the President of the United States, and shall be held in the city of Washington within three months after the passage of this act. At such meeting all members representing the several States shall be divided, as nearly as possible, into six equal classes, such division being according to an alphabetical arrangement of the States by them represented. The classes thus formed shall be numbered in the order of such arrangement, and shall retire in such order at the end of one, two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively; and their successors shall be appointed thereafter for the term of six years. If the governor of any State shall neglect to make such appointment within three months after the notice of a vacancy for such State, the board may fill the same by the election of some suitable citizen thereof. The regents first appointed by the President shall retire in the order of their names on the list of appointments at the end of one, two, three, four, five, and six years, and their successors thereafter shall be appointed for the term of six years. In order to the fullest efficiency, the board of regents shall designate seven of its members, including the president of the university as chairman ex officio, to act as an executive committee, with authority to choose the members of faculties and all employees of the university and fix their compensation, as well as to transact ordinary current business, and to perform such other duties as are imposed. The six members appointed shall be chosen for one, two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, and their successors shall be appointed for the term of six years.

Meetings of the board shall be held annually for the transaction of general business and the conferring of degrees. Special meetings may also be held upon call of the executive committee as the exigencies of the university shall require.

SEC. 5. That the chief officer of the university shall be a president chosen by the board of regents and hold office during their pleasure. He shall be president of the board of regents and of the council of faculties, shall have general supervision of the university, and discharge such other duties as are prescribed by the board or by the council of faculties. The treasurer of the university shall also be appointed by the regents, and give bonds approved by them. He shall perform the duties usually required of such officers, and such other duties as are imposed by the board of regents.

SEC. 6. That the council of faculties, embracing the president of the university and all heads of faculties, shall be charged with the planning and direction of instruction and discipline in the several departments, and with the other duties prescribed in the statutes or designated by the regents.

SEC. 7. That the immediate government of each faculty shall be entrusted to its own members. Its chairman, to be known as dean of the faculty, shall be chosen by the executive committee on the recommendation of the president of the university, and shall be responsible for the supervision of its internal affairs.

SEC. 8. That no chair for instruction sectarian in religion or partisan in politics shall be maintained upon funds derived from the general university endowment, or permitted in any form, and no sectarian or partisan test shall be allowed in the appointment of professors to the chairs so endowed and maintained, or in the selection of any officer of the university; but chairs or faculties for instruction in any department of learning may be endowed by gift, devise, or bequest, and the parties endowing the same, or their legally authorized trustees, shall have the privilege, subject to the approval of the board of regents, of designating the titles thereof and the instruction to which such endowments shall be devoted. No amount less than $100,000, however, shall be considered a full endowment for any chair in the university. Existing institutions, which are free from controlling obligations of a sectarian or partisan nature, and have endowments sufficient to support a faculty, may, with the approval of the regents, and on terms prescribed by them, become faculties or departments of the university, still retaining or adopting such titles as they may prefer.

SEC. 9. That the facilities afforded by the university shall be open to all who are competent to use them, on conditions prescribed by the executive committee, with the advice of the faculties and officers directly concerned; but degrees shall be conferred upon such persons only as have previously received the degree of bachelor of arts, or some equivalent degree, from some institution recognized for this purpose by the university authorities.

SEC. 10. That in order to extend the privileges of the university and to improve the collegiate and other grades of public instruction in the country, it is provided that each State and Territory of the United States, in the ratio of population, shall be entitled to free scholarships of such number, not less than one for each Representative and Delegate in Congress and two for each Senator, as the board of regents shall determine. The executive committee of the board of regents may, for sufficient reasons, withhold the award of any scholarship, or cancel its privileges, or those of any student in the university.

SEC. 11. That for the advancement of science and learning by means of researches and investigations, there shall be established fellowships in the university of such character and number as the interests to be represented and the resources at com‐ mand shall warrant, which fellowships shall yield a partial or a full support, as the regents shall determine. They may be provided for out of the university income, or may be endowed by gift or otherwise, and the persons, organizations, corporate bodies, or States endowing them may, subject to the approval of the board of

regents, designate their titles and the researches or investigations they shall be used to encourage.

SEC. 12. That in the admission and appointment of persons to places in the university, character and competency shall be the sole test of qualifications.

SEC. 13. That as a means of partially providing building sites for the several departments of the university, the following tract of land selected and appropriated by President Washington for the site of the national university proposed by him and in part actually endowed by provisions of his last will and testament, to wit, that tract in the city of Washington long known as "University Square," and now occupied by the National Observatory, is hereby granted and set apart for the use and benefit of the university of the United States when no longer required for observatory purposes.

SEC. 14. That for the practical establishment, support, and maintenance of the university there is hereby appropriated and set apart one-half the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands, as the same shall accrue from year to year. Of this amount, one-half shall be held by the Treasurer of the United States for use in securing and improving grounds for the seat of the university, for providing the necessary buildings and equipments, and for conducting the institution after its opening; but the remaining one-half shall be allowed to accumulate in the Treasury as a permanent fund, yielding interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum as a further revenue, until such fund, together with the endowments from other sources, shall be sufficient for the support of the university, after which all the net proceeds of the sales of public lands so used for university purposes shall be passed to the general fund or otherwise used, as Congress shall determine. All moneys held by the Treasurer of the United States under the provisions of this act shall be subject to requisitions drawn, as may be necessary, by the president and secretary of the board of regents under its order, but with this limitation, namely, that after the first five years subsequent to the organization of the board not more than 10 per centum of the aforementioned proceeds available for the erection of buildings and providing equipments shall be so used in any one year.

SEC. 15. That the board of regents shall have power to receive and administer all such gifts, devises, and bequests as are made for the benefit of the university; which gifts, devises, and bequests, if in money, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, who shall pay interest thereon quarterly at the rate of 5 per centum per annum.

SEC. 16. That after the formal opening of the university for instruction the members thereof, under rules approved by the officers, subject to any regulations prescribed by Congress, shall have access to all institutions, collections, and opportunities for study and research under control of the Government, so far as the same can be accorded without detriment to the public service; and to the end that all such facilities may be utilized to the fullest extent and that the Government service may in turn derive the largest benefit from the work done in the university, the heads of all bureaus, institutions, and other organizations of the Government, whose work is of a sort to justify it, shall be by the executive committee of the board brought into such advisory and co-operative relations with the heads of corresponding departments of the university as such committee, with the advice of the heads of faculties, and the aforesaid officers of the Government shall agree upon as being advantageous.

SEC. 17. That at the close of the fiscal year the board of regents shall make a report to Congress, showing the operations, condition, and wants of the university; one copy of which shall be transmitted free to all institutions of learning endowed by the Government under any act of Congress, and to all other institutions of learning in the United States whose degrees are recognized by this university.

Referred to Select Committee to Establish the University of the United States.

NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

February 10, 1893-House.

Mr. J. W. COVERT introduced bill (H. 10472) to incorporate the National Historical Society.

Referred to Committee on Library.

February 10, 1893-Senate.

Mr. G. F. HOAR presented memorial of citizens of Massachusetts praying the passage of a law for the incorporation of the National Historical Society.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

May 3, 1893.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1894.

SEC. 3. That hereafter no building owned, or used for public purposes, by the Government of the United States, shall be draped in mourning and no part of the public fund shall be used for such purpose.

SEC. 4. That hereafter the Executive Departments of the Government shall not be closed as a mark to the memory of any deceased ex-official of the United States.

(Stat., XXVII, 715.)

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895.

March 20, 1893-Senate.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Vice-President.

The VICE-PRESIDENT (Mr. A. E. STEVENSON). Pursuant to section 5581 of the Revised Statutes, the Vice-President appoints the Senator from Delaware, George Gray, to be a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of his term of office.

August 11, 1893-House.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Speaker.

The SPEAKER (Mr. CHARLES F. CRISP). To fill the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution occasioned by the resignation of H. C. Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Chair announces the appointment of R. R. Hitt, of Illinois.

January 4, 1894-House.

The SPEAKER (Mr. CHARLES F. CRISP). To fill the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution occasioned by the