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are hereby, constituted trustees of the Smithsonian fund, with power to invest the 

 same in safe public funds, and to change said investment when, in their judgment, it 

 may be desirable: rrovided, however, That said trustees shall, under no circumstances, 

 diminish or expend the principal of said fund; but that all expenses of investments 

 of said fund, or for other purposes, as provided by law, shall be paid out of the 

 interest which has accrued, or W'hich may accrue, from said fund. 



Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said trustees shall have power to appoint a 

 treasurer and secretary to the board of trustees, who shall give bond in the penal sum 



of dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall be removable 



from office at the pleasure of the board of trustees, and shall be entitled to receive 



a compensation for his services not exceeding dollars per annum. The said 



treasurer and secretary shall perform his duties under the direction of the board of 

 trustees, and shall render his accounts quarterly to the Treasury Department. The 

 proceedings of said board shall be reported annually to Congress; and their transac- 

 tions, books, and papers, shall be open to such investigations, and the board shall 

 answer such inquiries, in relation to their official action, as Congress, or a resolution 

 of either House, shall from time to time direct. 



Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Smithsonian Institution shall consist of 



one superintendent, who shall receive a compensation of dollars per annum, 



and six professors, each of whom shall receive a compensation of dollars per 



annum. The foregoing named officers to be appointed in the following manner: The 

 National Institution for the promotion of science, established in the city of Wash- 

 ington, shall nominate said officers to the President, to be, if approved by him, sub- 

 mitted to the Senate for its advice and consent. The said superintendent and 

 professors shall hold their offices during the term of four years, and perform such 

 duties as shall be designated by the said National Institution. The said institution 

 shall also prescribe the duties of such officers, as it may find necessary to appoint, for 

 the preservation of the buildings, grounds, and other property belonging to the 

 institution: Provided, however, That no greater number of such officers shall be 

 appointed than shall be approved by the President of the United States, and at no 

 higher compensations, than he shall approve: And 2)rot>ided also, That all contingent 

 expenses necessary in the execution of the duties of said officers, shall be approved 

 by the Secretary of State, and the President of the aforesaid National Institution. 



Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the land owned by the United States, in 



the city of Washington, situated , and known by the name of the Mall, 



be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the uses of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. The buildings for said institution shall be erected thereon, and in which shall 

 be preserved the philosophical instruments, apparatus, and collections necessary to 

 promote the objects of the institution. And all collections of works of art and of 

 natural history, owneii by the United States, not otherwise assigned, shall be depos- 

 ited in said buildings; and for the transportation and arrangement of the same, the 

 sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the United States, to be 

 expended under the direction of the president and directors of the National Institu- 

 tion: Provided, however. That the grounds herein assigned to the institution shall be 

 kept open to the public, free from alL charge, but under such regulations as the 

 preservation of the property shall require: And provided also, That the plan of the 

 buildings herein authorized shall be prepared by the National Institution, and shall 

 be submitted to the President of the United States, and upon receiving his approba- 

 tion, shall be erected under the superintendence of the National Institution; the said 

 buildings, collections, and grounds, shall be under the general supervision of the 

 National Institution. 



Referred to Committee ou Library. 



