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an assortment of the best and most perfect instruments for astronomical observation, 

 to be procured under the direction of the astronomical observator, to be appointed 

 conformably to the twelfth section of this act. 



Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of $10,000 of the interest 

 to accrue on the said fund be, and hereby is, constituted a fund from the interest of 

 which other instruments may be from time to time procured, as occasions for the use 

 of them may arise, and for repairs of instruments, as needed. 



Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the sum of |10, 000, to accrue from the future 

 interest on the said fund, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purchase 

 of a library of books of science and literature for the use of the oVjservatory, to be 

 selected by the observator; and the further sum of $20,000 of the said interest to 

 accrue from the said fund is hereby constituted a fund from the yearly interest of 

 which the sum of $1,200 shall be applied for the constant supply of new works, 

 transactions of learned societies, and periodical publications upon science in other 

 parts of the world or in America. ' 



Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of $30,000 of the interest 

 hereafter to accrue from the said principal Smithsonian fund be, and hereby is, con- 

 stituted a fund from the income of w^hich, being $1,800 a year, shall be defrayed the 

 expense of the yearly publication of the observations made at the observatory, and 

 of a nautical almanac to be called the Smithsonian Almanac. 



Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That for any other moneys which have accrued, 

 or may hereafter accrue, upon the said Smithsonian fund not herein appropriated 

 the board of trustees are hereby authorized to make such disposal as they shall deem 

 necessary for the promotion of the purpose of the testator — the increase and diffusion 

 of knowledge among men. 

 Apr// 12, 1842— House. 



The Speaker (Mr. John White) presented additional documents in 

 support of the memorial of Richard Rush, which were referred to the 

 Committee of Claims. 



On motion of Mr. Adams, it was then ordered that the committee 

 on the Smithsonian bequest be discharged from the memorial of 

 Richard Rush, and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims. 

 June 8, 1842— Senate. 



Mr. E. W. HuBARD, from the Committee on Claims, reported House 

 bill 479 for the relief of Richard Rush. Committed to Committee of 

 the Whole. 

 July 18, 1842— Senate. 



The bill S. 224 was considered in Committee of the Whole. 



On motion of Mr. William Allen, 



Ordered, That it lie on the table. 



[This bill is the same as S. 259, introduced into the Senate by 



Mr. Preston, from the Committee on the Library, on February 17, 



1841.] 



Augusts, 1842 — House. 



Bill H. 479, for the relief of Richard Rush, was reported. 

 August 27, 1842— House. 



A petition of Henry L. Ellsworth, P]lisha Wliittlesey, J. S. Skin- 

 ner, and others, on hoiialf of the Agricultural Society of the United 

 States, was laid oti tlie table. 



