TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1837-39. 171 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 9, 1838. 



Mr. CALHOUN, of Massachusetts, submitted the following, 

 which was agreed to : 



Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause- 

 to be laid before the House during the first week of the next session of Con- 

 gress, all such communications, papers, documents, &c., now in the posses- 

 sion of the Executive, or which can be obtained, as shall elucidate the 

 origin and object of the Smithsonian bequest, and the origin, progress, and 

 consummation of the process by which that bequest has been recovered, 

 and whatever may be connected with the subject. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 10, 1838. 



Two messages were received from the President of the 

 United States, as follows : 



FIRST MESSAGE. 



To the House of Representatives of the United States : 



I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives 

 reports from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, with accompanying documents, in answer to 

 the resolution of the House of the 9th of July last. 



WASHINGTON, December 7, 1838. 



Ordered, That said message be referred to a select com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. John Q. Adams, Mr. Smith, Mr. Ogle, Mr. Charles 

 Shepard of North Carolina, Mr. Holt, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 

 Hunter of Ohio, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Garland of Vir- 

 ginia, were appointed said select committee. 



SECOND MESSAGE. 



For second message see Senate Proceedings, December 

 10th. 



Ordered, That said message be referred to the select com- 

 mittee last appointed. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 20, 1838. 



Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a memorial of Charles 

 Lewis Fleischmann, a citizen of the United States, showing 

 the importance of, and the benefits which may arise from, 

 the establishment of a national agricultural school, as a 

 branch of the Smithsonian Institution; which memorial 

 was referred to the select committee appointed on two 

 messages from the President in relation to the Smithsonian 

 bequest. 



On motion of Mr. John Quincy Adams 



Ordered, That the memorial of Walter 11. Johnson, for an institution for 

 experiments in physical sciences, presented May 21, 1838, be referred to the 

 select committee appointed on two messages from the President in relation 

 to the Smithsonian bequest. 



