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adapted to the most effective and continual observation of the phenomena 

 of the Heavens ; to be provided with the necessary, best, and most perfect 

 instruments and books, for the periodical publication of the said observa- 

 tions, and for the annual composition and publication of a nautical almanac. 



Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said observatory shall be 

 erected under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the 

 approbation of the President of the United States ; and the site of the 

 same shall be selected upon land, in the city of Washington, belonging to 

 the United States ; and the land necessary for the same, and for any 

 other buildings proper to be connected with the said observatory and the 

 appurtenances thereof, is hereby granted, and shall be duly conveyed, as a 

 deed of gift, to the trustees of the Smithsonian fund, and to their succes- 

 sors forever, in aid of the purposes of the said Institution. 



Sec. 8. A7id be it further enacted, That all expenditures made by the 

 said board shall be subject to the approval of the President of the United 

 States, and all the accounts thereof shall be reported to the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, and audited, under his direction, by the proper oiBcers of the 

 Treasury Department ; and the said board shall report to Congress, at every 

 session thereof, the state of the Smithsonian fund, and a full statement of 

 their receipts and expenditures during the preceding year. 



Sec. 9. Aiid be it further enacted. That the first meeting of the trustees 

 of the Smithsonian fund shall be held at the city of Washington on the 

 third Monday of January next, and that, in the mean time, the custody of 

 the said fund, and the expenditures under the appropriation herein made, 

 shall be held and authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to 

 the approbation of the President of the United States. 



Senate, February 25, 1839. 



The bill (S. 292) providing for the disposition and man- 

 agement of the fund bequeathed to the United States in 

 trust, by James Smithson, of London, deceased, for the 

 establishment of an institution for the increase and diffusion 

 of knowledge among men, was read the second time, and 

 considered, as in Committee of the Whole. 



On motion by Mr. Hubbard, that the bill lie on the table, 

 it was determined in the affirmative — yeas, 20 ; nays, 15. 



On motion by Mr. Hubbard, the yeas and nays being 

 desired by one-iifth of the Senators present; those who 

 voted in the affirmative are — 



Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benton, Brown, Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, 

 Hubbard, King, Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Koane, Robinson, 

 Smith of Connecticut, Strange, Williams of Maine, Williams of Missis- 

 sippi, Wright. 



Those who voted in the negative are — 



Messrs. Clay of Kentucky, Davis, Fulton, Knight, Linn, Merrick, 

 Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Bobbins, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith of Indiana, 

 Walker, Young. 



So it was ordered that this bill lie on the table. 

 Senate, February 28, 1839. 



Mr. Robbins submitted the following motion for consid- 

 eration : 



Resolved by the Senate, That the mayor and city council of the city of 



