Amendment to the bill (H.R. 5) to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men

Summary

Strike out preamble except enacting clause and insert that the President requested to obtain the interest due and the principle when it is due from the governments of Arkansas, Illinois and Michigan for the purpose of enacting the Smithsonian Institution and that Congress shall make no appropriation for the Smithsonian Institution until the interest due has been received.

Subject

• United States Congress
• United States President

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• H.R. 5, amended
• Title 20, Education
• Bill

Notes

for other bills relating to the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution see S. 18, S. 259, S. 293, S. 292, S. 245, H.R. 863, H.R. 386, H.R. 418, H.R. 1, H.R. 1160, H.R. 1161

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

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

Date

04/21/1846

Topic

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

Place

• Illinois
• Arkansas
• Michigan

Form/Genre

Bill

Physical description

Number of pages: 3; Page Numbers: 1-3

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