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DETAILS OF THE SECOND PART (>! ; THE PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. 



This pari contemplates the formation of a library, a museum, and a gallery 



of art. 



1. To carry out l ho plan before described a library will ho required con 

 sistiiii;', first, of a complete collection of the transactions ami proceedings of all 

 the learned societies of the world ; second, of the more Lmportanl currenl period 

 Leal publications and other works accessary in preparing the periodical reports. 



2. The Institution should make special collections particularly of objects 

 to illustrate and verify its own publications; also ;, collection of instruments 

 of research in all branches of experimental science. 



3. With reference to the collection of hooks other than those mentioned 

 above, catalogues of all the differenl libraries in the United stuns should be 

 procured, in order that the valuable books first purchased maj be such a- are 

 not to ho found elsewhere in the United Statos. 



4. .Ms., catalogues of memoirs and of books in foreign libraries and other 

 materials should ho collected, for rendering the Institution a center of biblio 

 graphical knowledge, whence the student may he directed to any work which 

 he may require. 



5. It is believed that the collections in natural history will increase by 

 donation as rapidly as the income of the Institution can make provision for 

 their reception, and therefore it will seldom he necessary to purchase an> 

 article of this kind. 



6. Attempts should he made to procure for the gallery of ait casts of the 

 most celebrated articles of ancient and modern sculpture. 



7. The arts may be encouraged by providing a room, free of expense, for 

 the exhibition of the objects of the Art Union and other similar societies. 



8. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of antiqui- 

 ties, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, etc 



9. The Secretary and his assistants, during the session of Congress, will be 

 required to illustrate new discoveries in science and to exhibit new objects of 

 art. Distinguished individuals should also be invited to give lectures on sub- 

 jects of general interest. 



In accordance with the rules adopted in the programme of organization, 



each memoir in this volume has been favorably reported on by a commission 

 appointed for its examination. It is, however, impossible, in most cases, to 

 verify the statements of an author, and therefore neither the commission nor 

 the Institution can he responsible for more than the general character of a 

 memoir. 



