 | Henry Barrett Learned - 1912 - 498 pages
...March 12 provided: That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief-Justice, and the heads of the Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution, etc. (28 Statutes at Large, p. 41). By this change in the law, the Secretaries of the Interior and... | |
 | 1850 - 698 pages
...of Washington, and such other persons as they might elect honorary members, an establishment, under the name of the " SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN." The financial and general control of the Institution was 'intrusted to a Board... | |
 | Committee on the Preparation of the Semi- Centennial Volume - 1913 - 466 pages
...electro-magnetism. " 4. For the application of the electro-telegraph to forecasting the weather. " 5. For the plan of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and the successful development of this plan during an administration of more than twenty-five years as... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1913 - 476 pages
...electro-magnetism. " 4. For the application of the electro-telegraph to forecasting the weather. " 5. For the plan of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and the successful development of this plan during an administration of more than twenty-five years as... | |
 | 1916 - 316 pages
...the Chief Justice of the United States, and the heads of Executive Departments an establishment under the name of the " SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN." The members of this establishment may hold stated and special meetings for the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1925 - 580 pages
...by Mr. James Smithson. of London, for the purpose of founding at Washington an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, " for the Increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Executive having no authority to take any steps for accepting the trust and... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1896 - 972 pages
...President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of Executive Departments are lierehy constituted an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian...of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be knowu anil have perpetual succession, \vith-tlie powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1896 - 1058 pages
...5579 of the Revised Statutes was amended to read as follows: That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of Executive Departments...of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and dill'uwion <>f knowledge among men, aud by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1896 - 968 pages
...5579 of the Revised Statutes was amended to read as follows: That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of Executive Departments...establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution tor the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be known and have perpetual... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1894 - 1144 pages
...Departments," so that the section will read: "SF.c. 5579. The President, the Vice-President, the Chief-Justice, and the heads of Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of tlie 'Smithsonian Institution' for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men; and by that name... | |
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FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN. 
