Mr. HOWE. Then I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Senate bill I 0. 216. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S.No.216) to provide for the transfer of the cus tody of the library of the Smithsonian Institution to the Library of Congress, was read a 2nd time and considered as in ComWhole. It provides that the library collected by the Smithsonian Institution under the prov1sions of an not approved August 10, 1846, shall be removed from the building of that Institution, with the consent of the regents, to the new fire proof extension of the Library of congress upon completion of a suilicient portion for its accommodation, and while there deposited, it is to be subject to the same regulations as the {, Jlillivrary of Congress, except as provided in this When the library shall have been so removed and deposited, the Smithsonian Institution is to have the use of it in like manner as it is now used, and the public is to have access thereto for purposes o consultation on every ordinar weeday, except during one month of each year, when it may be closed for renovation. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smith sonian library are to be properly cared for and preserved in like manner as are those of the Congressional Library, from which the Smith sonian library is not to be removed except on reimbursement by the Smithsonian Institution to the Treasury of the U.S. ofexpense s incurred in binding and in taking care of it, or upon such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the regents., The Smithsonian Institution, through its Secretary, is to have the use of the Library of congress, subject to the same regulations as Sens&Reps. The Librarian of Congress is to be authorized to employ 2 additional assts. who urv to receivea yearly compensation of$ttplalnd $1.00!). respectively, commencingduly 1. 1866; and the sum of$500, or of much thereof as may be necessar, is appropriated to defray the expenses of the removal provided for in the bill.