34 ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



marking? each paclva.ije with its current number, prefixed by the letter 

 "A," at the same time marking in the same manner any pai)ers which 

 may accompany it. 



A new volume of the Accession Boole shall be opened with the begin- 

 ning of each year. Th"^ current volume shall be kept in the ofiBce uf 

 the Registrar, the back volumes in the Archive Room. 



The Card Catalotjne of Accessions is also to be kept up by the Regis- 

 trar, each accession being <lescribed in writing upon the proper card, 

 and these cards to be arranged alphabetically to serve as an index to 

 the Accession Boole. As soon as the list of accessions for a full year has 

 been printed, the cards for that year shall be intercalated in their i:)roper 

 l)laces in the general Card Catalogue, which is a complete alphabetical 

 record of accessions from foundation of Museum to beginning of each 

 current year. 



The Catalogue for the current year is to be kept in the office of the 

 Registrar, the General Catalogue in the Archive Room. 



The current card-catalogues, as added to and amended by the curators 

 to whom the cards are to be submitted in accordance with Rule LXIII, 

 will serve as copy for i)riuting the annual or other lists of accessions. 



LXXXIII. 



Management of Record of Applications. — The Becord of Applications 

 shall be kept in the office of the Assistant Director. An alphabetical 

 index to the same will be supplied by the i)ackets in the Application and 

 Proposal File. 



LXXXIV. 



Management of Distribution Record. — The Bistribution Record shall be 

 kept by the Registrar, through whose hands, in accordance with Rule 

 LXXII, all packages intended for shipment, and who shall retain and 

 file as a voucher in the Distribution File the written orders in accordaue(j 

 with which each package is sent out. 



An alphabetical index to the Distribution Record, in so far as it re- 

 lates to collections distributed, will be sup])lied by the packets in the 

 Distribution File, which is to be kept in the office of the Registrar. 



LXXXV. 



Management of the Specimen Register. — The Museum Catalogues and 

 the Museum Registers belonging to each section shall be under th<i 

 charge of the Curator or Acting Curator of the section, Avhose duty it 

 shall be to enter, at the earliest opportunity, each specimen assigned to 

 his department, giving it a provisional name, assigning to it a current 

 number, which, together with name of sender and locality, are to be 

 marked indelibly upon or permanently affixed to the specimen. 



With each obiect or collection the Curator will receive from the Reg- 

 istrar a card, upon which is entered the history, so far as may be known 



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