10 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 



(5.) Historical researches, aud accurate surveys of places celebrated 

 in American history. 



(G.) Ethnological researches, particularly with reference to the differ- 

 ent races of men in l!^orth America ; also, explorations and accurate 

 surveys of the mounds and other remains of the ancient people of our 

 country. 



DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE. 



I. By the puhlicaiion of a series of reports, ijivi)f[/ «« account of the 

 neiD discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year 

 in all branches of Icnoicledge not strictly j^rofessional. 



1. These reports will diflase a kind of knowledge generally interest- 

 ing, 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 emiuent in the dif- 

 ferent branches of knowledge. 



3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals aud publica- 

 tions, domestic and foreign, necessary to the compilation of his report ; 

 to be paid a certain sum for his labors, and to be named on the title- 

 page of the report. 



4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons in- 

 terested in a particular branch can procure the parts relating to it with-' 

 out purchasing the whole. 



5. These reports may be presented to Congress, for partial distribu- 

 tion, the remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific insti- 

 tutions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. 



II. By the imhlication of separate treatises on sid)jects of general interest. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs, 

 translated from foreign languages, or of articles i)repared under the 

 direction of the lustitution, or procured by oifering i^remiums for the 

 best exposition of a given subject. 



2. The treatises should, in all cases, be submitted to a commission of 

 competent judges, previous to their publication. 



3. As examples of these treatises, expositions may be obtained of the 

 jiresent state of the several branches of knowledge mentioned in the 

 table of reports. 



SECTION II. 



Plan of organization, in accordance with the terms of the resolutions of 

 the Board of Regents providing for the two modes of increasing and 

 difynsing Jcnoivledge. 



1. The act of Congress establishing the Institution contemplated the 

 formation of a library and a museum ; and the Board of Kegeuts, in- 



