4 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Tlt7:\''f:;: ury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the 

 c.tv^mp'/i"' ^avy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney Gen- 

 eral, the Chief Justice, the Commissioner of the 

 Patent Office, and the Governor of the District 

 of Columbia, and such other persons as they may 

 elect honorary members, are hereby constituted 

 an establishment, by the name of the " Smithso- 

 nian Institution," for the increase and diftiision 

 of knowledge among men ; and by that name 

 shall be known and. have perpetual succession, 

 with the powers, limitations, and restrictions 

 hereinafter contained, and no other. 



-^!?!!!!i . Sec. 5580. The business of the Institution shall 



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i7,s,8. 3, V. 9. p. ]3g conducted at the city of Washington by a 



10 Jan., ISSS, c -_ 



"2oVardi is-] Board of Regents, named the Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the 

 Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United 

 States, and the Governor of the District of 

 Columbia ; three members of the Senate and 

 three members of the House of Representatives; 

 together with six other persons, other than mem- 

 bers of Congress, two of whom shall be resident 

 in the city of Washington ; and the other four 

 shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of 

 them of the same State. 



Appointment of Sec. 5581. Thc Reo;ents to be selected shall be 

 10 Aug.. 1846, c. appointed as follows : The members of the Senate 



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'"^' by the President thereof; the members of the 



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 House by the Speaker thereof; and the six other ■ | 



persons by joint resolution of the Senate and 



House of Representatives. The members of the 



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