304 . CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States, which may be in 

 the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be 

 delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the board of managers to 

 receive them, and shall be arranged by the proper professor in such order 

 and so classed as best to facilitate the examination and study of them in the 

 building so as aforesaid to be erected for the institution ; and the managers 

 of said institution shall afterwards, as new specimens in natural history, 

 geology, or mineralogy, may be obtained for the museum of the institution 

 by exchanges of duplicate specimens belonging to the institution (which 

 they are hereby authorized to make) or by donations which they may re- 

 ceive, cause such new specimens to be also appropriately classed and ar- 

 ranged. And the minerals, books, manuscripts, and other property of James 

 Smithson, which have been received by the Government of the United 

 States, and are now placed in the Patent OiSce, shall be removed to said in- 

 stitution and shall be preserved separate and apart from the other property 

 ■of the institution. 



Sec. 5. Ajid be it further enacted, That the managers of said institution 

 shall appoint a superintendent, whoso duty it shall be to take charge of the 

 ground, buildings, and property, belonging to the institution, and carefully 

 preserve the same from injury ; and such superintendent shall be the secre- 

 tary of the board of managers, and shall, under their direction, make a fair 

 -and accurate record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in said institu- 

 tion ; and the said superintendent shall also discharge the duties of professor 

 of agriculture, horticulture, and rural economy, in said institution, and in 

 that capacity may, with the approbation of the board of managers, employ, 

 from time to time, so many gardeners and other laborers as maybe neces- 

 sary to cultivate the ground and keep in repair the buildings of said institu- 

 tion; and the superintendent shall receive for his services such sum as may 

 be allowed by the board of managers, to be paid semi-annually on the first 

 day of January and July ; and the said superintendent shall be removable 

 by the board of managers whenever, in their judgment, the interest of the 

 institution require the superintendent to be changed. 



Sec. G. And be it further enacted, That, at the first meeting of the board 

 of managers, they shall fix on the times for regular meetings of the board, 

 and on application of any three of the managers to the superintendent of 

 the institution, it shall be his duty to appoint a time for a special meeting 

 of the board, of which he shall give notice by letter to each of the mem- 

 bers, and at any meeting of the board of managers five shall constitute a 

 quorum to do business ; that each member of the board of managers shall 

 be paid his necessary travelling and other expenses in attending meetings 

 of the board, which shall be audited, allowed, and recorded, by the super- 

 intendent of the institution. And whenever any person employed by the 

 authority of the institution shall have performed service entitling him to com- 

 pensation, whether the same shall be by way of salary payable semi-annually 

 or wages for labor, or whenever money is due from said institution for any 

 purpose whatever, the superintendent shall certify to the president of the 

 board that such com]jensation or money is due, whereupon the president 

 shall certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury Department for 

 payment. 



Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers may ap- 

 point some suitable person as professor of natural history, a professor of chem- 

 istry, a professor of geology, and a professor of astronomy, with such other 

 professors as the wants of science may require. They shall also employ able 

 men to lecture in the institution upon the arts and sciences, and shall fix the 

 compensation of such professors and lecturers: Provided, That no professor- 

 ship shall be established or lecturer employed to treat or lecture on law, 

 physic, or divinity, it being the object of the institution to furnish facilities 

 for the acquisition of such branches of knowledge as are not taught in the 

 various universities. 



Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers shall make 



