240 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



August 26, 1842. 



An Act to provide for publishing an account of the discoveries made ])y Lieutenant 

 Wilkes, of the United States Navy. 



Be it enacted^ etc. , That there shall be published, under the super- 

 vision and direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, "an account 

 of the discoveries made by the exploring expedition under the command 

 of Lieutenant Wilkes, of the United States Navy," which account shall 

 be prepared with illustrations and published in a form similar to the 

 Voyage of the Astrolabe, lately published by the Government of 

 France. 



Sec. 2. Andhe it further etiacted^ That when such account shall have 

 been written, and the illustrations for the same shall have been pre- 

 pared, an advertisement shall be inserted in the papers publishing the 

 laws of the United States, inviting proposals for printing 100 copies 

 of the same for the United States, to be delivered to the Librarian of 

 Congress in a time and at a price to be stipulated in such contract; 

 and the contract shall be made with and given to the person offering 

 and giving sufficient assurance to perform the work at the lowest 

 price; and on such contract being made the ' *■ account " shall be delivered 

 to such contractor. 



Sec. 3, And he it further enacted., That until other provision be 

 made by law for the safe keeping and arrangement of such objects of 

 natural history as may be in possession of the Government, the same 

 shall be deposited and arranged in the upper room of the Patent 

 Office under the care of such person as may be appointed by the Joint 

 Committee on the Library. 



(Stat., V, 534.) 

 December 24, 1842. 



Civil and diplomatic act for 1843. 



J'or expenses attending the preparation of the results and account 

 of the exploring expedition, for the publication thereof ordered by 

 Congress, $20,000. 



(Stat., V, 596.) 

 March 3, 1843. 



Civil and diplomatic act for 1844. 



And the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized 

 and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of the officers attached 

 to the late surveying and exploring expeditions to the Pacific Ocean 

 and the South Seas, who were employed in the scientific duties, to 

 allow and credit them with extra pay, equal to that allowed to the 

 officers engaged in the service of the Coast Surve3^ 



(Stat., V, 636.) 



.For preparing and publishing charts, and otherwise carrying into 

 effect the act of August 26, 1842, for publishing an account of the 



