^^"^ RP:1H)RT of national museum, 1903. 



together witl._.such sum or .un,s out of the annual interest accruing to the institu 

 tion, as may, in any year, remain unexpended, after pavin- the cnrmnf 

 the institution. And dnpHcates of al'such iontrac^; ma/b" Zde b^tt"" 

 board of regents shali be deposited with the treasurer of the U, 'ted stte"- amrab 

 c am.s on any contract n.ade as aforesaid shall be allowed and certified b7the W 

 of regents, or the executive committee thereof, as the case nnv be .nd I 

 by the chancellor and secretary of the board, ihall beruffi:Lnt%::'c'he f^r ^S^^ 

 ment and payment at the treasury of the United States And tl,P }Z T T 

 shall be authorized to employ such persons as they may cfe m nece art t'o s^f"'^ 

 tend he erection of the building and fitting up the room's of the nXi^. " TT^^ 

 laws for the protection of public property in the city of Washington ha la.t't 

 and be in force for, the protection of the lands, buildinc^s and of hilr ^^/ '■ 

 said institution. And all moneys recovered by or ac S^^rth^? r^.^^"^' "' 

 be paid into the treasury of the United StaL to he fe^H of^t^l^^^^^^^^ ^'•^^" 

 bequest, and separately accounted for, as provided in the a.t. f^'">tbsonian 



eighteen hundred and thirty-six, accepting^aM bequest '^^'"^'"' '"'^ '^^^' 



^'^^:^"£:z:t^;::^j:^^ — ^^ can 



Washington, in whosesoever cu.^^^dv the same , my b; sh^l ^Z y " '^' '''' '' 



Ma^l" ^'"'"'■'7'"" ]•""'""?' «" i« ««■" known, was placed upon the 



U,e pZl/offi ■ r^f'T' '"" ""■ "■■■'"■^'"- "f ""= -specimens f.-on 

 the Patent Oibce chd not take place until ISoS. when C'onff.-e,s betran 



o, « m in JttlK I f '"r^'"'' '" '•""''"•'' ""'' by 1875 thev were 

 ociipj ng tully three-tourths of the Smithsonian hnildino- and in 



After a lapse of twentv-fivp AP.1..0 n^ . . I 



funds to oxtoFKl the crnlLr^ I ""^"^.^^^Sress has ag-ai„ appropriated ^ 



