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the compensation shall be paid of an astronomical observator, to be 

 appointed by the board of overseers, removable at their discretion, and 

 another to be appointed whenever the said office may be vacant ; his com- 

 pensation shall be at the rate of three thousand dollars a year, and six hun- 

 dred dollars a year for the incidental and contingent expenses of repairs 

 upon the buildings, as they may be required. 



Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and twen- 

 ty thousand dollars, from the interest already accrued or to accrue hereafter to 

 that amount, and yielding yearly interest at the rate of six per cent, a year, 

 be, and is hereby, constituted a fund, from the interest of which four assist- 

 ants to the astronomer, and laborers necessary for attendance on him, for 

 the care and preservation of the buildings, shall be provided and supported. 

 .The compensation of the four assistants to be at the rate of fifteen hundred 

 dollars a year each ; and the compensation of the laborers (with compensa- 

 tions not to exceed in amount for the whole of those found necessary) twelve 

 hundred dollars a year ; the assistants and laborers to be appointed and 

 removable by the said board of trustees, at their discretion. 



Sec. 14. And be it fiirther enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dol- 

 lars, of the interest hereafter to accrue from the said Smithsonian fund, be, 

 and is hereby, appropriated to furnish an assortment of the best and most 

 perfect instruments for astronomical observation, to be procured under the 

 direction of the astronomical observator, to be appointed conformably to 

 the twelfth section of this act. 



Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of ten thousand 

 dollars, of the interest to accrue on the said fund, be, and hereby is, con- 

 stituted a fund, from the interest of which other instruments may be from 

 time to time procured, as occasions for the use of them may arise, and for 

 repairs of instruments, as needed. 



Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars, 

 to accrue from the future interest on the said fund, be, and the same is 

 hereby, appropriated for the purchase of a library of books of science and 

 literature, for the use of the observatory, to be selected by the observator ; 

 and the further sum of twenty thousand dollars, of the said interest to 

 accrue from the said fund, is hereby constituted a fund, from the yearly in- 

 terest of which the sum of twelve hundred dollars shall be applied for the 

 constant supply of new works, transactions of learned societies, and period- 

 ical publications upon science in other parts of the world or in America. 



Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of thirty thou- 

 sand dollars, of the interest hereafter to accrue from the said principal 

 Smithsonian fund, be, and hereby is, constituted a fund, from the income 

 of which, being eighteen hundred dollars a year, shall be defrayed the 

 expense of the yearly publication of the observations made at the observa- 

 tory, and of a nautical almanac, to be called the Smithsonian almanac. 



Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That, for anj' other moneys which 

 have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, upon the said Smithsonian fund, 

 not herein appropriated, the board of trustees are hereby authorized to 

 make such disposal as they shall deem necessary for the promotion of the 

 purpose of the testator — the increase and diffusion of knowledge among 

 men. 



April 12, 1842. 



The Speaker presented additional documents in support 

 of the memorial of Richard Rush, which were referred to 

 the Committee of Claims. 



On motion of Mr. Adams, it was then ordered that the 

 committee on the Smithsonian bequest be discharged from 

 the memorial of Richard Rush, and that it be referred to 

 the Committee of Claims. 



