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PKOCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. 



Senate, December 7, 1841. 



Message of the President, John Tyler. 



* * * ^' I suggest for your consideration the propri- 

 ety of making without further delay, some specific applica- 

 tion of the funds derived under the will of Mr. Smithson, 

 of England, for the difiusion of knowledge; and which 

 have heretofore, heen vested in puhlic stocks, until such 

 time as Congress should think proper to give them a specific 

 direction. Nor will you, I feel confident, permit any abate- 

 ment of the principal of the legacy to be made, should it 

 turn out that the stocks, in which the investments have been 

 made had undergone a depreciation. * * " * 



Senate, December 29, 1841. 



On motion by Mr. Preston, ordered that the above part 

 of the President's message be referred to the Committee on 

 Library. — Messrs. Preston, Tappan, Choate. 



Senate, April 11, 1842. 



Mr. Preston, from the Committee on the Library, reported 

 a bill (S. 224,) to invest the proceeds of the Smithsonian 

 fund, and to establish the Smithsonian Institution. Read 

 and passed to a second reading. 



Senate, Jidi/ 18, 1842, 



The bill (S. 224) was read the second time, and consid- 

 ered as in Committee of the Whole. On motion of Mr. 

 Allen, it was ordered that it lie on the table. 



[This bill is the same as S. No. 259, introduced into the Senate by Mr. 

 Preston, from the Committee on the Library, on February 17, 1841.] 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. 



House of Representatives, December 10, 1841. 



Mr. Fillmore offered a resolution for the appointment of a 

 select committee on the Smithsonian legacy. 



Adopted, and Mr. John Quincy Adams of Mass., Mr. 

 Richard W. Habersham of Georgia, Mr. Truman Smith 

 of Conn., Mr. Joseph R. Underwood of Ky., Mr. Benja- 

 mine Randall of Me., Mr. Chas. J. Ingersoll of Penna., 

 Mr. Robert M. T. Hunter of Va., Mr. Geo. S. Houston of 

 Ala., and Mr. Sam'l S. Bowne of IsT. Y., were appointed 

 said committee. 



