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not otherwise required by treaty, shall in like manner be invested in 

 stocks of the United States, bearing a like rate of interest. 



Sec. 3. Atid he it further eiuicted^ That the three clerks, authorized 

 by the act of June 23, 1836, "to regulate the deposits of the public 

 money," be, and hereby are, directed to be retained and employed in 

 the Treasur}^ Department, as provided in said act, until the state of the 

 public business becomes such that their services can conveniently be 

 dispensed with. 



(Stat., V, 465.) 

 December 7, 1841 — Senate. 



Jfessage of the President^ John Tyler. 



* * * I suggest for your consideration the propriety of making, 

 without further delay, some specific application of the funds derived 

 under the will of Mr. Smithson, of England, for the diffusion of 

 knowledge, and which have heretofore been vested in public stocks, 

 until such time as Congress should think proper to give them a specific 

 direction. Nor will j^ou, I feel confident, permit any abatement 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. * * * 

 December 10, 1841 — House. 



Mr. Millard Fillmore offered a resolution for the appointment of 

 a select committee on the Smithsonian legacy. 



Adopted; and Mr. John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, Mr. 

 Richard W. Habersham of Georgia, Mr. Truman Smith of Connecti- 

 cut, Mr. Joseph R. Underwood of Kentucky, Mr. Benjamin Randall 

 of Maine, Mr. Charles J. IngersoU of Pennsylvania, Mr. Robert M. T. 

 Hunter of Virginia, Mr. George S. Houston of Alabama, and Mr. 

 Samuel S. Bowne of New York were appointed said committee. 

 December 15, 1841 — House. 



Mr. William Cost Johnson presented the memorial of sundry 

 citizens of Washington City, praying an early disposition of the funds 

 of the Smithsonian bequest, in conformity with the wishes of the 

 donor. 



Referred to the select committee on the Smithsonian bequest. 

 December 29, 1841— Senate. 



On motion by Mr. W. C. Preston, it was ordered that the President's 

 message, relative to the Smithson bequest, be referred to the Commit- 

 tee on the Library — Mr. W. C. Preston, Mr. Benjamin Tappan, Mr. 

 Rufus Choate. 

 January 3, 1842 — House. 



Resolved., That so much of the message of the President of the United 

 States as relates to the Smithsonian legacy be referred to the select 

 committee on that subject. 

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