...the third section of this act it is enjoined, "that the National Academy of Sciences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States as may be designated." In order to fulfil the injunction, and to take the first step towards the organization of the Academy,...

...commissioner of patents: WHEREAS a section of the charter of the National Academy of Sciences provides that "The academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the government, investigate, examine and report upon any subject of science or art," AND WHEREAS, at the request of the President of the...

...commissioner of patents: WHEREAS a section of the charter of the National Academy of Sciences provides that "The academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the government, investigate, ezamine and report upon any subject of science or art," AND WHEREAS, at the request of the President...

...Congress. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy of Sciences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States...investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject pf science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports,...

...powers of organization, the election of members, and the transaction of business, and provided that "the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department...experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art. . . ." As the adviser of the government on questions of science the Academy was immediately called...

...to Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy of Sciences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States...designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon ly any Department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject...

...named a body of incorporators, set forth the rights and privileges of the academy, and provided that " the academy shall, whenever called upon by any department...experiment, and report upon any subject of science or act." The academy is custodian of a number of trust funds for the award of medals and grants for research....

...to Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy of Sciences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States...designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upou by any Department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject...

...of the United States was incorporated by act of Congress, March 3, 1863. The charter provides that "the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department...report upon any subject of science or art; the actual expenses of such investigations, examinations, experiments and reports to be paid from appropriations...

...Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1807. The National Academy of Sciences was founded in 1863, to "investigate, examine, experiment and report upon any subject of science or art," whenever called upon by any department of the national government. Of the latter class, a few dozen...