Congressional Serial Set, Issue 705U.S. Government Printing Office, 1854 - United States |
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... prepared in obedience to the 20th section of the act of August 26 , 1842 - of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 3 , 1853 ; the payments having been approved and passed by the Committee ...
... prepared in obedience to the 20th section of the act of August 26 , 1842 - of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 3 , 1853 ; the payments having been approved and passed by the Committee ...
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... prepared caption for 33d Congress ... 2 sets morocco lettered projecting tabs , list of committees , 54 tabs , at 25 cents . 8 quires demy Senate and House bills , prepared caption , & c . , 33d Congress .. Compensation book , prepared ...
... prepared caption for 33d Congress ... 2 sets morocco lettered projecting tabs , list of committees , 54 tabs , at 25 cents . 8 quires demy Senate and House bills , prepared caption , & c . , 33d Congress .. Compensation book , prepared ...
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... prepared for another and more formidable attack . The American brig , in the meantime , was placed within half a cable's length of the shore , and within half pistol shot of the castle . Thus situated , Captain Reid hoped that no ...
... prepared for another and more formidable attack . The American brig , in the meantime , was placed within half a cable's length of the shore , and within half pistol shot of the castle . Thus situated , Captain Reid hoped that no ...
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... Preparations were made during the summer by the construction of a wharf and a short railroad , and in September stone began to arrive under a contract for 2,000 tons . jetty has been commenced a little southeast of the point , and about ...
... Preparations were made during the summer by the construction of a wharf and a short railroad , and in September stone began to arrive under a contract for 2,000 tons . jetty has been commenced a little southeast of the point , and about ...
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... prepared for each day's labo- rious sitting . Therefore , in order to discharge my duty faithfully , in bringing before you the object of my mission , and at the same time to avoid a system of personal perforation which is always ...
... prepared for each day's labo- rious sitting . Therefore , in order to discharge my duty faithfully , in bringing before you the object of my mission , and at the same time to avoid a system of personal perforation which is always ...
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1st Session 31 days adopted American annual annuity authorized Binding Board of Regents brig building California Cape Fear river catalogue cents claim Clerk to Committee collection Committee on Mexican compensation contingent expenses copies Department E. G. Squier eighteen hundred establishment Evansville favor Fayal fourth article Frémont funds furnished governor House of Representatives hundred and fifty-four hundred and fifty-three income Indians interest James James Smithson January John John Sergeant joint resolution knowledge labor land lectures legislature letter light-house March memoir messenger meteorological Missouri Missouri Compromise Missouri river museum observations paid port Portugal present President printed Professor purchase railroad received repairs requested researches Resolved river salary Secretary Senate session 32d Congress Smithson Smithsonian Institution Society STATEMENT-Continued stationery stipulated survey Territory Territory of Nebraska thousand dollars thousand eight hundred tion Treasury treaty United volumes Washington Washington Territory witness before Select
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Page 110 - The President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy...
Page 27 - Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested to use their influence to...
Page 7 - Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, jointly. That the Legislature of the State of California...
Page 124 - The property is bequeathed 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." 2. The bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The government of the United States is merely a trustee to carry out the design of the testator. 3. The Institution is not a national establishment, as is frequently supposed, but the establishment of an individual, and is to bear and perpetuate his...
Page 126 - II. By appropriating a part of the income, annually, to special objects of research, under the direction of suitable persons. ,* 1. The objects and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by counsellors of the Institution. 2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; so that in course of time each branch of knowledge may receive a share. 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published, with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions...
Page 127 - ... branches of knowledge not strictly professional. 1. These reports will diffuse a kind of knowledge generally interesting, but which, at present, is inaccessible to the public. Some of the reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the income of the institution, or the changes in the branches of knowledge, may indicate. 2. The reports are to be prepared by collaborators, eminent in the different branches of knowledge.
Page 128 - With reference to the collection of books other than those mentioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States should be procured, in order that the valuable books first purchased may be such as are not to be found in the United States.
Page 148 - II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiquities, &c. 6. Statistics and political economy. 7. Mental and moral philosophy.
Page 8 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirtysix degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited.