760 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH, ETC. 



Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the members and 

 honorary members of said Institution may hold such stated 

 and special meetings, for the supervision of the affairs of 

 said Institution and the advice and instruction of said Board 

 of Regents, to be called in the manner provided for in the 

 by-laws of said Institution, at which the President, and, in 

 his absence, the Vice-President of the United States shall 

 preside. And the said Regents shall make, from the in- 

 terest of said fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an 

 average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the 

 gradual formation of a library composed of valuable works 

 pertaining to all departments of human knowledge. 



Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That of any other moneys 

 which have accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest 

 upon the said Smithsonian fund, not herein appropriated, or 

 not required for the purposes herein provided, the said 

 managers are hereby authorized to make such disposal as 

 they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the pur- 

 pose of the testator, anything herein contained to the con- 

 trary notwithstanding. 



Sec 10. And be it further enacted, That the author or pro- 

 prietor of any book, map, chart, musical composition, print, 

 cut, or engraving, for which a copyright shall be secured 

 under the existing acts of Congress, or those which shall 

 hereafter be enacted respecting copyrights, shall, within 

 three months from the publication of said book, map, chart, 

 musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, deliver, or 

 cause to be delivered, one copy of the same to the Libra- 

 rian of the Smithsonian Institution, and one copy to the 

 Librarian of the Congress Library, for the use of the said 

 libraries. 



Sec 11. And be it further enacted, That there is reserved 

 to Congress the right of altering, amending, adding to, or 

 repealing any of the provisions of this act : Provided, That 

 no contract, or individual right, made or acquired under 

 such provisions, shall be thereby divested or impaired. 



Approved August 10, 1846. 





