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ranging, and preserving of the various collections of ilie institution, as well 

 of natural history and objects of foreign and curious research, and of elegant 

 art, as others, including salaries and all other general expenses connected 

 with the same, excepting those of the first complete arrangement of all 

 such collections and objects as now belong to the United States in the 

 museum of the institution when completed, together with one-half of the 

 salary of the Secretary, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars. 



" Secondly, for the preparation and publication of transactions, reports, 

 and all other publications of the institution, including appropriations for 

 original researches and premiums for original papers, for the delivery of all 

 lectures and payment of all lecturers, and for all general expenses connect- 

 ed with said lectures and publications, togetber with one-half of the salary 

 of the Secretary, the remainder of the annually accruing interest, it being 

 understood that all general and incidental expenses not specially connected 

 with either of the above two great divisions of the plan of the institution 

 shall be equally divided between them." And including also the follow- 

 ing: •'■Ke.solved, That it is the opinion and intention of the board, that in the 

 ap|)ropriation for the objects of the institution of any surplus of accrued 

 interest which may remain after the completion of the buildings of the 

 institution, an equal division shall be made between the two great 

 branches; that is to say, one-half shall be appropriated to the library and 

 museum fund, and the other half to the fund for original research, pub- 

 lications, and lectures ; and that in regard to all other funds hereafter to 

 accrue to the institution, the same division be made:" And provided 

 also, That the present series of resolutions shall not be construed to re- 

 scind or impair the force of a certain other resolution of the 2Gth of Jan- 

 uary last, passed by the board, for the election of an Assistant Secretary, 

 10 act as librarian, and whose salary it was therein declared should com- 

 mence " whenever the building is ready for the reception of the library." 

 And provided fu'ther, That nothing in the present resolutions contained 

 shall be construed to take from the Executive Committee the power 

 heretofore, to wit: by resolution of the 26th .January, granted to them, to 

 make to the Assistant Secretary elect such compensation as they may deem 

 reasonable for services he may render horn time to time, in making cata- 

 logttes or performing other similar duties for the institution. 



Resolved, That there shall hereafter be one regular meeting of the Board 

 of Regents, and no more, imless specially called according to the provi- 

 sions of the act organizing the institution, and that said annual meeting 

 be held on the first Wednesday in January of each year: Provided, That 

 the regular annual meeting for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight 

 shall be held on the second Wednesday in December of that year. 



