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sciences and on the aid they bring to labor, written by the professors of the institu- 

 tion, or by other persons engaged for the purpose: Provided, That such works shall, 

 at all times, be offered for sale at the lowest rates that will repay the actual expense 

 of publication: And provided, That such works shall, before publication, be submitted 

 to and examined by the board of managers, or a committee of their number. And 

 the said board shall also make rules and regulations for the admission of students 

 into the various departments of the institution, and their conduct and deportment 

 while they remain therein: Provided, That all instruction in said institution shall be 

 gratuitous to those students who conform to such rules and regulations. 



Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, That be appointed managers of the said 



Smithsonian Institution, to hold their offices as is hereinbefore provided. 

 December 16, 1844 — Senate. 



Mr. Benjamin Tappan, from the Committee on the Library, reported 

 bill S. 18, without amendment. 

 December 31, 1844 — Senate. 



On motion of Mr. B. Tappan the Senate considered as in Committee 

 of the Whole the bill S. 18, and various verbal amendments offered 

 by him were adopted. 



On motion by Mr. Jabez W. Huntington the further consideration 

 was postponed to and made the order of the day for Thursda}'^ fol- 

 lowing. 



Mr. R. Choate and Mr. B. Tappan offered amendments, which were 

 ordered to be printed. 

 January 6, 1845 — Senate. 



Mr. B. Tappan presented a petition of Thomas Johnson and others, 

 citizens of Huron County, Ohio, praying the passage of the bill now 

 before the Senate to establish the Smithsonian Institution ; which was 

 ordered to lie on the table. 



Mr. Eph. H. Foster, of New York, presented a petition of Gen. 

 N. V. Knickerbocker and two hundred other citizens of Steuben 

 County, New York, praying the passage of the bill to establish the 

 Smithsonian Institution; which was ordered to lie on the table. 



January 8, 1845 — Senate. 



The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the considera- 

 tion of the bill S. 18 to establish the Smithsonian Institution. 



The bill having been read — 



Mr. RuFUS Choate said he was sure that, whatever opinion might 

 be at last formed on this bill, its principles or its details, all would 

 concur in expressing thanks to the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Tappan] 

 for introducing it. We shall differ, he proceeded, more perhaps than 

 could be wished or than can be reconciled about the mode of adminis- 

 tering this noble fund; but we can not differ about our duty to enter 

 at once on some mode of administering it. A large sum of money has 

 been given to us, to hold and to apply in trust, "for the increase and 

 diffusion of knowledge among men." We have accepted the trust. 

 ""To this application (such is the language of our act of the 1st of 



