JAMES SMITIiSON AND HIS BEQUEST. 191 



tares was negatived by 72 to 30, while the annual appropriation for a 

 library was increased, on motion of Mr. Marsh, from $20,000 to $25,000. 

 The sections requiring experiment and research in agriculture, manufac- 

 tures, &c, the publication of books, pamphlets, tracts, &c, and the offer- 

 ing of prizes for essays, were stricken out. An amendment that all copy- 

 right books, maps, charts, prints, &c, should be delivered to the insti- 

 tution was adopted, and also one that the Government collections depos- 

 ited in it should be known as the National Museum. 



Before a vote was taken on the bill as amended, a substitute for it 

 was introduced by Mr. William J. Hough, of New York, retaining most 

 of the features already agreed upon, and this was passed in the Com- 

 mittee of the Whole by a vote of S3 to 40. It was then reported to the 

 Ilouse, and passed by a vote of 85 to 70. * 



Among the prominent men in the affirmative were John Q. Adams, 

 John Bell, Garret Davis, Jefferson Davis, Columbus Delano, Stephen 

 A. Douglas, Solomon Foot, Joshua R.Giddings, Hannibal Hamlin, II. W. 

 Hilliard, George P. Marsh, R. D. Owen, F. P. Stanton, A. G. Thurman, 

 Samuel F. Vinton, David Wilmot. 



Among the nays were Howell Cobb, R. M. T. Hunter, J. R. Ingersoll, 

 Andrew Johnson, George W. Jones, Preston King, Alexander H. Ste- 

 phens, and Jacob Thompson. 



On the 10th of August, 184G, the Senate proceeded to consider this 

 bill; amendments proposed were disagreed to, and it passed without de- 

 bate by 2G to 13. The yeas were, Messrs. Archer, Atchison, Barrow, 

 Berrien, Cameron, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayton, Corwin, 

 Davis, Evans, Greene, Houston, Huntington, Jarnagin, Johnson of Ma- 

 rx land, Johnson of Louisiana, Lewis, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, 

 Speight, Spurgeon, Upham, Webster. 



Those who voted in the negative were, Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Ather- 

 ton, Bagby, Benton, Calhoun, Dickinson, Fairfield, McDuffie, Semple- 

 Turney, Westcott, Yulee. 



The bill was signed by President James K. Polk on the 10th of Au- 

 gust. 18 P», and became a law, and the Smithsonian Institution was or- 

 ganize;! under it with the following Board of Regents: 



Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Vice-President of the United 

 States, ex officio. 



Hon. Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, Chief Justice of the United 

 States, ex officio. 



Hon. William W. Seaton, Mayor of the city of Washington, e.r officio. 



Hon. George Evans, o! Maine; Bon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, of 

 Virginia; Hon. Sidney Breese, of Illinois, of the United States Senate, 

 appointed by President of the Senate. 



* The Congressional proceedings and debates in relation to the Smil hson bequest are 

 reprinted in lull in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, No. 328, 1879. '"The 

 Smithsonian Institution: Document* relative toits origin and history.'' Edited l>y Will- 

 iam J. Rhc'os. 10-J7 pp., 8 D . 1879. 



