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same terms as were provided for the original principal fund by the second 

 section of the act entitled " An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution, 

 for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men," approved August 

 tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and that the interest thereon at the 

 rate of six per centum per annum, shall in like manner be payable half- 

 yearly, on the first of January and July in each year, from and after the 

 date at which it shall be received into the Treasury of the United States, 

 for the perpetual maintenance and support of said institution : Provided, 

 That the sums thus to be received, shall not exceed the amount of two 

 hundred thousand dollars. 



Senate, August 20, 1852. 



The Vice President laid before the Senate a letter from 

 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communica- 

 ting the annual report of the Board of Regents of that in- 

 stitution ; which was ordered to lie on the table, and be 

 printed. 



A motion of Mr. Pearce that 5,000 additional copies be 

 printed, was referred to the Committee on Printing. 



Senate, August 21, 1852. 



An amendment to the Civil and Diplomatic appropriation 

 bill for the year ending June 30, 1853, was proposed by the 

 Finance Committee, as follows : 



" For finishing the grading, manuring, planting, finishing the roads and 

 ■walks, graveling and laying gutters along the margin of the same, and 

 repairing the fence of the Smithsonian square, $13,200." 



Senate, August 24, 1852. 



Mr. Pearce submitted the following resolution ; which 

 was agreed to : 



Resolved, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Jeflferson Davis, be 

 filled by the President of the Senate. 



Mr. Eobert M. Charlton was appointed. 

 Senate, August 26, 1852. 



Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Printing, reported 

 in favor of printing 5,000 additional copies of the annual 

 report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and 

 that 2,000 copies thereof be for the use of the institution ; 

 which was agreed to. 



Senate, August 26, 1852. 



Mr. Hunter moved to amend the amendment offered 

 August 2l8t, by striking out " 313,200," and inserting 

 " ^16,760." The amendment to the amendment was agreed 

 to, and the amendment as amended was agreed to. 



