200 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



PKOCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. 



SENATE, February 13, 1840. 



MR. CLAY, of Kentucky, presented the petition of the 

 Kentucky State Agricultural Society, praying the endow- 

 ment of an agricultural school or college out of the funds 

 of the Smithsonian legacy ; which was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Agriculture. 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 30, 1839. 



Mr. ADAMS, in pursuance of notice gi\vn, asked and ob- 

 tained leave, and introduced a bill to provide tor the dispo- 

 sal and management of the fund bequeathed by James 

 Smithson, deceased, to the United States, for the establish- 

 ment of an institution for the increase and diffusion of 

 knowlege among men. Read twice, and referred to a select 

 committee of nine members, viz : 



Mr. John Quincy Adams, Mr. Ogle, Mr. Shepard, Mr. Garland of Vir- 

 ginia, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Albert Smith of Maine, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Corwin, 

 and Mr. Campbell of South Carolina. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 5, 1840. 



The following memorial of the corporation of the city of 

 Washington on the subject of the Smithsonian bequest, was 

 referred to the select committee upon the subject to which 

 it relates : 



MAYOR'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, January 15, 1840. 



SIB: In compliance with the instructions of a committee appointed by 

 the corporation of this city, to represent their interests before Congress, I 

 have the honor to request you to present the enclosed memorial to the 

 House. 



The great interest you have taken in the subject to which the memorial 

 relates, hs induced the committee to make this request. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, 



PETER FORCE. 



Hon. J. Q. ADAMS, 



House of Representatives, U, S. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled : 



The memorial of the undersigned, a committee appointed by the corpora- 

 tion of Washington, respectfully represents : 



That they have b^en instructed to express to your honorable bodies the 

 earnest desire of the city councils, as well as of Washington, that the be- 

 nevolent design of the late James Smithson, of England, should be carried 

 into execution as soon as practicable, by the establishment of an institution 

 in their city for the diffusion of knowledge among men. As this is a mat- 

 ter which more immediately concerns the people of Washington, where, 



