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to retain the whole, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 

 of the percentage to which such State may be entitled, of 

 the proceeds of the sales of the public lands within its 

 limits, and apply the same to the payment of said interest 

 or principal, or to the reimbursement of any sums of money 

 expended by the United States for that purpose." 



This had reference to the States in which the Smithson 

 fund had been invested. 



PKOCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES. 



House of Representatives, January 27, 1845. 



Message from the Senate that a bill (S. 18) to establish 

 the Smithsonian Institution had passed. 



Mr. Burke asked the unanimous consent of the House to 

 refer this bill to the Committee of the Whole on the state 

 of the Union, but objection was made. 



House of Representatives, January 28, 1845. 



On motion of Mr. Burke, bill S. 18 was read a first and 

 second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole, 

 and ordered to be printed. 



House of Representatives, February 10, 1845. 



Mr. Owen submitted an amendment to, or substitute for, 

 S. 18 ; which was committed to the Committee of the 

 Whole, and ordered to be printed. 



On motion by Mr. Owen, the committee took up the bill 

 to establish the Smithsonian Institution, and, after some 

 remarks from Mr. Adams, Mr. Owen, and others, Mr. 

 Adams moved that the bill be laid aside ; which was agreed 

 to. 



House of Representatives, March 3, 1845. 

 Mr. Burke offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on tho 

 state of the Union on Senate bill (No. 18) to establish tho Smithsonian 

 Institution, shall cease in ten minutes after the same shall be again taicen 

 up in committee, (if the committee shall not sooner come to a conclusion 

 upon the same ;) and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such 

 amendments as may be pending, or offered to the same, and shall then 

 report it to the House with such amendments as may have been agreed to 

 by the committee. 



The resolution was read ; when Mr. George W. Jones 

 moved that it be laid upon the table. 



