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the buildings of the institution so that the wings of said buildings may be completed 

 in two years from the present time, and the whole completed in five years. 



Mr. Owen offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the Executive Committeee certify to the Chancellor and Secretary 

 of the Board the total amount of debts incurred, contracts entered into, and contracts 

 authorized by the Board ; and that the Chancellor and Secretary, after examination 

 and approval of the same, certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury for 

 payment. 



The said resolution was read ; when Mr. Evans moved to amend 

 the same by adding thereto the following, as an additional resolu- 

 tion : 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee be authorized to receive said payment in 

 Treasury notes payable to the order of the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution 

 in one year from date, bearing an interest of six per cent, per annum ; and that they 

 be further authorized to exchange one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of said 

 notes as soon as practicable for an equal amount of six per cent, stock of the United 

 States, payable in twenty years, which stock shall also be payable to the Chancellor of 

 the institution ; which said notes and stock shall be deposited for safe keeping only 

 with the Treasurer of the United States, or such other person as they may deem 

 proper, to be drawn out only upon checks or warrants signed by the Chancellor, th& 

 Secretary, and the chairman of the Executive Committee. 



The said amendment was agreed to ; and the said resolution as 

 amended was agreed to. 



Mr. Owen offered the following resolutions; which were read, 

 considered, and agreed to : 



Resolved, That it is the opinion and intention of the Board that, in the appropria- 

 tion 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, 

 publications^ and lectures ; and that, in regard to all other funds hereafter to accrue 

 to the institution, the same division be made. 



Resolved, That the Building Committee be instructed, in the arrangement of the 

 buildings, to extend the gallery of art throughout the western range and western 

 wing ; and to arrange two lecture rooms, and no more, in the building. Temporary 

 arrangements shall be made to receive in the west wing of the building the library of 

 the institution until the library proper be completed. 



Resolved, That the Building Committee, in conjunction with the Secretary, be au- 

 thorized to publish, in the same form as the Transactions of the Society, one thousand 

 copies of a small volume containing so many of the plans proposed for the buildings 

 of the institution that have been submitted to the Board, and may remain its prop- 

 erty, as the committee may deem worthy of publication, accompanying the same with 

 a brief narrative of proceedings in regard to these plans and a brief description and 

 explanation of each plan, the said description and explanation, so far as they specially 

 regard each plan, to be submitted before publication to the respective architects, the 

 said volume to include engraved ground plans, elevations, and, at the option of the 

 committee, perspective views, the plans to be reduced to the proper size for publication 

 by each architect, and to be executed in the best style of art : Provided, That the entire 

 expense shall not exceed two thousand dollars ; which sum is hereby appropriated for 

 that object. 



And the said committee shall place at the disposal of each architect who has fur- 

 nished plans to the Board, whether the said plans have received premiums or not, 

 twelve copies of said volume. 



Mr. Seaton offered the following resolutions, which were read : 



1. Resolved, That the Building Committee invite separate proposals for the principal 

 descriptions of work requisite for the erection of the building, to wit : the masonry, 

 carpentry, plastering, painting, and glazing, and enter into contract with different 

 persons for these several branches of work, requiring the proper security from each 

 contractor, so that the responsibility for the erection of the whole building shall not 

 be committed to one person. 



