TWENTY SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1841-1843. 

 iSlocks III. which the Smithsonian fund is invrsted. 



235 



stock. 



Stock of the State 

 of Arkansas. 



Do. 



Stwk of the State 

 of Michigan. 



Stock of the State 

 of Illinois. 



838, 000. 00 



500,000.00 



Rate 

 of in- 

 terest. 



Per ct. 



13, 000. 00 



3,000.00 



Do I 30,000.00 



Do 10,000.00 



Stock of the State 

 of Ohio. 



Stock of the United 

 States created by 

 the act of July 

 21,1841. 



Amount 



18, 000. 00 



1,291.86 



628,291.86 



When payable. 



When and where 

 redeemable. 



Payable at [ Jan. 1, 1868, at New 

 New York. York. 



.do, 



Payable at 

 New York 

 or Philadel- 

 phia, at the 

 option of the 

 holder. 



do 



Payable at 

 New York. 



Payable at 

 New York 

 or Philadel- 

 phia, at the 

 option of the 

 holder. 



Payable at 

 New Y'ork. 



Oct. 26, 1861, at New 

 Y''ork. 



First Monday of July, 

 1858, at New Y'ork or 

 at any time there- 

 after, as the State may 

 choose. 



At New York or Phila- 

 delphia, at the pleas- 

 ure of the State, after 

 1860. 



At New York or Phila- 

 delphia, at the pleas- 

 ure of the State, after 

 Jan. 1,1870. 



At New York, at the 

 pleasure of the State, 

 after Jan. 1,1870. 



At New York or Phila- 

 delphia, at the pleas- 

 ure of the State, after 

 the year 1860. 



At the pleasure of the 

 State, at any time 

 after Dec. 31, 1860. 



At the pleasure of the 

 United States, at any 

 time after Dec. 31, 

 1844. 



For what object 

 issued. 



Issued to Bank of 



the State of Ar- 



kansa.s. 

 Real Estate Bank 



of the State of 



Arkansas. 

 Detroit and Pon- 



tiac R. R. Co. 



Bank and internal 

 improve m en t 

 stock. 



Internal improve- 

 ment stock. 



Do. 



Illinois and Michi- 

 gan canal stock. 



State of Ohio canal 

 stock. 



[H. 886. -.eported by Mr. J. Q. Adams.] 



Sec. 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 

 the House of Representatives of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United 

 States, the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, the Postmaster and Attor- 

 ney Generals, the chief justice of the circuit court of the United States for the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, and the mayor of the city of Washington shall be, and hereby 

 are, constituted a body politic and corporate, by the style and title of the trustees of 

 the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, 

 with perpetual succession, and the usual powers, duties, and liabilities incident to 

 corporations. 



Sec. 2. And be it further eiutrted, That the corporation so constituted sliall have 

 power to appoint, from citizens of the United States other than members of the board 



