A Bill to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men
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This is a bill for the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution. It establishes a board of managers and states how they are to be appointed. The initial duties of the board are to find a location for the Smithsonian Institution and plan for the erection of the building. The building shall contain a library, space for the display of objects of natural history, plants and geological and mineralogical specimens, a geological and mineralogical cabinet, a chemistry lab and lecture rooms. It instructs the board to have all objects of natural history, plants and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States delivered to the Institution. The managers are also instructed to appoint a superintendent to care for the building and grounds, to be secretary of the board of managers and to perform the duties of the professor of agriculture.
Smithsonian Legal Documents
for other bills relating to the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution see S. 245, S. 259, S. 293, S. 292, H. R. 5, H.R. 863, H.R. 386, H.R. 418, H.R. 1, H.R. 1160, H.R. 1161
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
01/16/1845
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Bill
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