Puhlic. No. 76.
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AN ACT to establish the ''Smi,hsonian In-

 knowledge among men.

 James Smithson, esquire, of London, in the

 kingdom of Great Britain, having by his

 last will and testament given the whole ol

 his property to the United States of Ame-

 rica. to found at Washington, under the

 name of the "Smithsonan Institution"

 an establishment for the increase and diff

 fusion of knowledge among men; and the

 United States having by an act Of Con

 gross received said property aad accepted

 said trust; therefore, for the faithful execu-

 ton of sad trust according to the will of

 the liberal and enlightened donor

 Sec. l. Be Il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of .4mericu ia Congress assembied. That the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, she Secretary of the Navy, the Post master General, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice. and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the Mayor of the city of Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their re- spectiye offices, aud such other persons as they may elect honorary members. be, and they are hereby constituted, an .establish- ment," by the name of the Smithsonian h. s,itution," for the increase and diffusion oi knowledge among men; and by a,a. name shall be known and have perpetual succes- sion, with the powers, limitations, and re- siriciions hereinafter contained, and no other.

 Sec. 3. And De t further enacted, That so much of the property of the said James Smiihsou as has been received in money, and paid inlo the Treasury of the United States, being the sum of five hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and six,y-nine dollars, be lent to the United States Treasu- ", a, six per cent. per annum interest from the first day of September, in the year one thousand eigh, hundred and thirty-eight, when the same was received into the said Treasury; and that SO much of the interest as may have accrued on the said sum on the first day nf July next, which will amount to tho sum of two hundred and loriy-lwo ihou- sand one hundred and twensy-nine dollars, or so much thereof as shall by the board oi regents of the institution established by this act be deemed necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the erection oi suitable buildings. and for other current in citien,al expenses of said institution and that six per cent interest on the said trus'