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accrued prior to July first, 1847, and heretofore set apart for the erection of the 

 suitable buildings for the use of said Institution, as may not be found necessary for 

 the completion of the edifice now in course of erection, and all sucli further sums as 

 may be received liereafter from the estate of James Smithson, shall be received into 

 the Treasury of the United States on the same terms as were provided for the original 

 principal fund by the second secti(jn of the act entitled "An act to establish the 

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

 approved August tenth, 1846, and that the interest thereon, at the rate of six per 

 centum per annum, shall in like manner be payable half-yearly, on the first of 

 January and July in each year, from and after the date at which it shall be received 

 into the Treasury of the United States, for the perpetual maintenance and support 

 of said Institution: Provided, That the sums thus to be received shall not exceed the 

 amount of $200,000. 



Passed to a second reading. 



FREE POSTAGE. 

 Ju/y 11, 1852— House. 



Mr. B. Henn, of Iowa, offered an amendment to the bill to reduce 

 and modify the rates of postage in the United States, etc. : 



The presidents of universities, colleges, academies, and of all scientific institutions, 

 and also the Smithsonian Institution, may send by mail, free of postage, the printed 

 copies of any regular paper, pamphlet, or book published under the authority of any 

 such institution ; and also the proof sheets of such copies while the same are being 

 published: Provided, Such printed copies shall be distributed gratis. 



July 12, 1862— House. 



The amendment was rejected. 



REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



August 20, 1852— Senate. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. D. R. Atchison) laid before the 

 Senate a letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 communicating the annual report of the Board of Regents of that 

 Institution, which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



Amotion of Mr. J. A. Pearce that 5,000 additional copies be printed 

 was referred to the Committee on Printing. 



August 26, 1852— Senate. 



Mr. H. Hamlin, from the Committee on Printing, reported in favor 

 of printing 5,000 additional copies of the annual report of the Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and that 2,000 copies thereof be for 

 the use of the Institution. Agreed to. 



March 1, 1853— Senate. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. D. R. Atchison) laid before the 

 Senate the seventh annual report of the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



March 3, 1853— Senate. 



The report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 was ordered to l)e printed. 



