12 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 



13. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, be- 

 sides the Secretary, no permanent assistant will be required, except 

 one, to act as librarian. 



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

 the Regents. He shall take charge of the 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 ex- 

 hibit 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 be- 

 come the settled policy of the Institution. The only material change 

 is that expressed by the following resolutions, adopted January 15, 

 1855, viz: 



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

 on the 26th of January, 1847, requiring an equal division of the in- 

 come between the active operations and the museum and library, 

 \vhen the buildings are completed, be, and it is hereby, repealed. 



Resolved, That hereafter the annual appropriations shall be appor- 

 tioned specifically among the diflerent 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 import- 

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



