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Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to 
hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof, and as provided 
in the next section.”’ 
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary. 
January 17, 1894—Senate. 
Mr. 8S. M. Cuttom introduced bill (S. 1446) to amend the ‘‘Act to 
establish the Smithsonian Institution.” Same as H. 5219, January 
15, 1894. 
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary. 
January 18, 1894—Senate. 
Mr. J. S. Morrrt introduced bill (8. 1460): 
That ‘‘An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffu- 
sion of knowledge among men,’’ approved August 10, 1846, Revised Statutes, title 
73, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out section 5579 and inserting 
in lieu thereof, as follows: 
‘Src. 5579. That the President, Vice-President, the ChiefJustice, and the heads 
of Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of 
the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among 
men; and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession, with powers, 
limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.”’ 
And that the act aforesaid be further amended by adding to section 5591 as follows: 
‘Provided, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smith- 
sonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and 
to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof, and as pro- 
vided in the next section.”’ 
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary. 
January 19, 1894—House. 
Mr. Stwon P. Wotverton, from Committee on the Judiciary, sub- 
mitted report (H. 269) on H. 5219: 
On the 10th day of August, 1846, an act was passed entitled ‘‘An act 
to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion 
of knowledge among men,” in pursuance of the will of James Smith- 
son, of London, who, by his last will and testament, gave the whole of 
his property to the United States of America to found at Washington, 
under the name of the ‘‘ Smithsonian Institution,” an establishment 
for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. 
By the first section of this act, being section 5579 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States, it is provided ‘‘that the President and 
Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Sec- 
retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the 
Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, the Chief Jus- 
tice, the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and 
the governor of the city of Washington, during the time for which 
they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they 
may elect honorary members, be, and are hereby, constituted an estab- 
lishment by the rame of the ‘Smithsonian Institution.’” Since the 
passage of this act two Executive Departments of the Government 
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