12 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 



14. The Secretary, by the law of Congress, is alone responsible to 

 the Regents. He shall take charge of tlie building and property, 

 keep a record of proceedings, discharge the duties of librarian and 

 keeper of the museum, and may, with the consent of the Regents, 

 employ assistants. 



15. The Secretary and his assistants, during the session of Congress, 

 will be required to illustrate new discoveries in science, and to exhibit 

 new objects of art; distinguished individuals should also be invited to 

 give lectures on subjects of general interest. 



This programme, which was at first adopted provisionally, has 

 become the settled policy of the Institution. The. only material 

 change is that expressed by the following resolutions, adopted Jan- 

 uary 15, 1855, viz : 



Resolved, That the 7th resolution passed by the Board of Regents, 

 on the 2Gth of January, 1847, requiring an equal division of the in 

 come between the active operations and the museum and library, 

 when the buildings are completed, be, and it is hereby, repealed. 



Resolved, That hereafter the annual appropriations shall be appor- 

 tioned specifically among the different objects and operations of the 

 Institution, in such manner as may, in the judgment of the Regents, 

 be necessary and proper for each, according to its intrinsic impor- 

 tance, and a compliance in good faith with the law. 



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