TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1841-1843. 

 Mocks in which the Smithsonian fund is invested. 



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[H. 380. Deported 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 enacted, That the corporation so constituted shall have 

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



