A Bill to appoint trustees for the investment of the Smithsonian fund

Summary

Mr. Linn brought forward the bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Library. Names Secretaries of State, War, Treasury and Navy, the Attorney General and the Postmaster General as the trustees of the Smithsonian fund. All expenses for investment of the fund should be paid from the interest on the fund. Trustee shall have power to appoint a treasurer and secretary of the board. The Smithsonian Institution shall have a superintendent who will be nominated by the National Institution for the Promotion of Science. The land known as the mall is to be used for the Smithsonian Institution building. Objects of art and natural history, philosophical instruments, apparatus and collections should be kept there. Buildings, collections and ground should be under the supervision of the National Institution.

Subject

• Smithson, James 1765-1829
• Linn, Louis F
• National Institution for the Promotion of Science
• United States Congress
• National Institute

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• S. 245
• 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, 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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(Documents)

Contact information

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

Date

02/10/1841

Topic

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

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

Bill

Physical description

Number of pages: 4; Page Numbers: 1-4

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