Senate Proceedings, 09/08/1841

Summary

The Senate takes up the bill, with an amendment, to repeal the sixth section of the 1838 Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States and prohibit the investment of US funds in state stocks. The proposed amendment states the treasury should invest the interest accruing from the investment of the Smithson fund in the stocks of several states in the stock of the United States.

Subject

• United States Congress
• Military Academy of the United States, The

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• Title 31, Money and Finance
• Congressional record

Notes

See H. R. 34 and Senate proceedings for 09/03/1841 and 09/10/1841 and House proceedings for 09/11/1841

Contained within

The Congressional Globe vol. X (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

• 1841
• 09/08/1841

Topic

• Smithson Bequest
• Trusts and trustees
• Stocks
• Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men

Form/Genre

Congressional Record

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 440-441

Full Record

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