The Arkansas banner., 1846-10-21

yes, or hy commiuee 0t three ottheIE mem bers. SO contract for the completion oG such building, upon such plau as may he directed hy the board of regents, and shail tsss sufi cieni security for the building and flnishtag the same according to inc sad ptan, apd n the time stipulated in such eoauaeI; u,id max so locate ssid building. Il they shalt deem iI proper. as m appearance sO iofR wing te the Patent Office building. snd may SO connect ihr same with the present hall of satd Patent Office building. containing the national eabI- net of curiosilics, as to constitute the said hail in whole or n part the deposlie tor the cabinet of said insniatson, H shey deem ui expedient Io do so: Prortded, sad ht'ttdmg shaiI he located upon said Patent Office hi, in the 0,snner aforesaid: Procided, Aouecrsr. That the whole expense of the building and enclosures aforesaid shall not exceed the amount of ------ dollars which ssm is hereby appropriated. payable out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. together with such sum or sums out Of the annual interest accruing to the institution as may, in any year, remain unexpe ded. after paying ilie current expenses of the institu- ton. And duplicates of all snch- contracts as may be made by the sad hoard nf regents shall be deposited with the Treasurer "f the United States; and all claiass on any contract made us aforesaid sllall be allowed and cer- tified by the board of regents, or the execu- tive committee thereof, as the case may b., and, being signed by the chancellor and sec- retary of the boartl, shall be sufficient vou- cher for settIernen, and payment at the Trea- sHry of the United States. And the board of regents shall be authorized ,o employ such persons as they may deem necessary to su- periniend the erection of the buildings and ft,lng up the rooms of the institution. And all laws for the protection of public proper Y in the city of Washington shall apply to, and he in force for, the protection of the lan,ls, buildings, and other property Of said institution. And all money recovered by, or accr,ing to, the institutions, shall be paid in- to the Treasury oI the United States, to the credit of the Smithsonian beguest, and sepa- rately accounted for, as provided lot in the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. accepting said bequest
 Sec. 6. .4nd be it further enacted. That. in proportion as suilabl. arrangements can be ma,le ioI their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research. and all obIects oi natural history, plants, and geo logical and niIneraloglcal specimens. belong ing, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may he in the cIty of Sash mgton, in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the board of regents to receive them, and shall be arranged tn such order. and so classed, as best facilitate the examination1and study of them, in the build ing so as aforesaid to be erected for the insli- MtIon; and the regents of the sad institution shall afterwards. as new specimens in natu ral history, geology, or mineralogy, may be obtained for the museum of the institution, by exchanges of duplicate specimens belong ing to the institution, (which they are hereby authorized to make,) or by donation, which they may receive, oT otherwise, cause such new specimens to be also appropriately class ed ant arranged. And lhe minerals, books, manuscripts, and other properly of James Smithson. which have been received by the Government of the United States. an,! are now placed in the department of State, shall be removed to said institution. and shall be pFeseryed separate and apart from the other properly of ,he institution.
 Sec 7. find De it furiher enacfed, That the secretary of the board of regents shall take charge of the building and property of Said institution, and shall. under their direc- lion, make fair and accurate record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in said in- stituuon; and the said secretary shall also discharge the duties oi librarian and of keep CT of the museum. and may. with the con sent of the board of regents, employ assis-
 anis; and the said officers shall receive for their services such sun as may he allowed by the board ol regents, ,o be pad setni-an- nuallv on the first day of January and JHiv; and the said officers shall be removable by the board of regeais whenever. m their judg- ment, the interests oi the institution require any of the said officers to be changed.
 Sec s. .1ad Dc Il farther cnaeicd, That the members and honorary members of said
 institution may hold such stated and speciai meetings, for the supervision of the affairs ol said institution and the advice and imstruc- ion of said board of regents. to be called in the manner provided for in ,he bylaws of said institution, al which the President, ami in ,.ls absence the Vice President, of llle Uni ted States shall preside. And the said regents shall make, from the interest of said fund. an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-iive thousand dollars annually for the gradual formation of library composed of valuable works pertaining to all depart menls of human knowledge.
 Sec 9. find De II firiArr cnqcied, That of any other moneys which have aceru- ed, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest upon ,lle said Smithsonian fund, not herein provided! the said managers are hereby an- lhorized to make such disposal as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the teslator, any thing herein con- ianctl 10 the contrary notwithstanding.
 Sec. 10. .4nd De t further enacted, T'ha, the author or proprietor of any book, map, chart, musical composition. print. cut, oT en- vfayIRu. lsSr which A cnnvri0hf shall bp &C.,