758 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH 



to form a wing to the Patent Office building, and may so 

 connect the same with the present hall of said Patent Office 

 building, containing the National Cabinet of Curiosities, as 

 to constitute the said hall, in whole or in part, the deposite 

 for the cabinet of said Institution, if they deem it expedient 

 to do so ; provided said building shall be located upon said 

 Patent Office lot in the manner aforesaid : Provided, hoivever, 

 That the whole expense of building and enclosures afore- 

 said shall not exceed the amount of ; which sum is 



hereby appropriated, payable out of money in the Treasury 

 not otherwise appropriated; together with such sum or 

 sums out of the annual interest accruing to the Institution, 

 as may, in any year, remain unexpended, after paying the 

 current expenses of the Institution. And duplicates of all 

 such contracts as may be made by the said Board of Re- 

 gents shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United 

 States ; and all claims on any contract made as aforesaid 

 shall be allowed and certified by the Board of Regents, or 

 the Executive Committee thereof, as the case may be, and, 

 being signed by the Chancellor and Secretary of the Board, 

 shall be a sufficient voucher for settlement and payment at 

 the Treasury of the United States. And the Board of Re- 

 gents shall be authorized to employ such persons as they 

 may deem necessary to superintend the erection of the 

 building and fitting up the rooms of the Institution. And 

 all laws for the protection of public property in the city of 

 Washington shall apply to, and be in force for, the protec- 

 tion of the lands, buildings, and other property of said In- 

 stitution. And all moneys recovered by, or accruing to, 

 the Institution, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United 

 States to the credit of the Smithsonian bequest, and sepa- 

 rately accounted for, as provided in the act approved July 

 first, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, accepting said be- 

 quest. 



Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, in proportion as 

 suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, 



