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... annual reports are given . It has also been thought proper to insert the debates in regard to appropriations for the preservation of the collections of the Government placed in charge of the Smithsonian Institution . Copious extracts ...
... annual reports are given . It has also been thought proper to insert the debates in regard to appropriations for the preservation of the collections of the Government placed in charge of the Smithsonian Institution . Copious extracts ...
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... annual proceeds of any fund or prop- erty for his life , under a will coming into operation after the passing of the act , dies between the points of time as- signed for the periodical payments , his representatives be- come entitled to ...
... annual proceeds of any fund or prop- erty for his life , under a will coming into operation after the passing of the act , dies between the points of time as- signed for the periodical payments , his representatives be- come entitled to ...
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... annual income or sum of 7,673 livres de rentes , in the report men- tioned , amounting in value to the annual sum of £ 150 9s . sterling money of Great Britain and Ireland , calculated at the current rate of exchange in the city of ...
... annual income or sum of 7,673 livres de rentes , in the report men- tioned , amounting in value to the annual sum of £ 150 9s . sterling money of Great Britain and Ireland , calculated at the current rate of exchange in the city of ...
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... annual income or annuity to which the said Mary Ann de la Batut ( or the said Theodore de la Batut , in her right ) was entitled for her life out of the estate of the said testator , James Smithson , amounting to £ 150 98. sterling ...
... annual income or annuity to which the said Mary Ann de la Batut ( or the said Theodore de la Batut , in her right ) was entitled for her life out of the estate of the said testator , James Smithson , amounting to £ 150 98. sterling ...
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... annual interest accruing on the stock aforesaid , shall be in like manner invested for the benefit of said institution . APPROVED , July 7 , 1838 . PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE . SENATE , December 10 , 158 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS .
... annual interest accruing on the stock aforesaid , shall be in like manner invested for the benefit of said institution . APPROVED , July 7 , 1838 . PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE . SENATE , December 10 , 158 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS .
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Page 2 - I mean stock to remain in this country, 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.
Page 634 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 299 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 483 - Institution", to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three Members of the Senate and three Members of the House of Representatives; together with six other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington; and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.
Page 471 - President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of "War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the Mayor 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...
Page 895 - Amongst the motives to such an institution the assimilation of the principles, opinions, and manners of our countrymen, by the common education of a portion of our youth from every quarter, well deserves attention. The more homogeneous our citizens can be made in these particulars, the greater will be our prospect of permanent union ; and a primary object of such a national institution should be the education of our youth in the science of Government.
Page 384 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 596 - And the said regents shall make, from the interest of said fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a library, composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.
Page 946 - The emphasis upon publications as a means of diffusing knowledge was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry articulated a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge not strictly professional.
Page 947 - ... modern sculpture. 11. The arts may be encouraged by providing a room, free of expense, for the exhibition of the objects of the Art-Union and other similar societies. 12. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of antiquities, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, &c. 13. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, besides the Secretary, no permanent assistant will be required, except one, to act as librarian. 14. The...