762 TITLE LXXIII. 



ot In t™o TV &u. ury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the 



tion. 



10 Aug., 1846, c. ^ av y> tne Postmaster General, the Attorney Gen- 

 10 w Marl', iot! era1 ' tlie Cmef Justice, the Commissioner of the 

 3.i,v.i7.p. i. p atent 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 diffusion 

 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. 



— e I^i Sec. 5580. The business of the Institution shall 



10 Aug., 1846, c. 



178,8. s,v. 9, p. De con ducted at the city of Washington by a 



10 Jan., 186% c 



u joHue%,^87i, Board of Regents, named the Regents of the 



C. 1, v. 17, p. 1. ~ . - . T . . . 



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. 



Appointmentof Sec. 5581. The Regents to be selected shall be 



Regents. O 



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



178,8. 3, v. 9, p. Jrx 



103 " by the President thereof; the members of the 



House by the Speaker thereof; and the six other 

 persons by joint resolution of the Senate and 

 House of Representatives. The members of the 



