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employ assistants; and the said officers shall receive for their services such sum as 

 may be allowed by the Board of Regents, to be paid semiannually on the first day 

 of January and July, and the said officers shall be removable l>y the Board of 

 Regents, whenever, in their judgment, the interests of the Institution require any 

 of the said officers to be changed. 



Sec. 8. And be itfurt'ier 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 interest of said fund, an appro- 

 priation not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the 

 gradual formation of a library, composed of valuable works pertaining to all depart- 

 ments of human knowledge. 



Sec. 9. And he 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 purposes of the testator, anything herein contained to the contrary 

 notwithstanding. 



Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the author or proprietor 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 Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, and 

 one copy to the Librarian of Congress Library, for the use of the said libraries. 



Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there is reserved in Congress the right of 

 altering, amending, adding to, or repealing any of the provisions of this act: Pro- 

 vided, That no contract, or individual right, made or acquired under such provisions, 

 shall be thereby divested or impaired. 



Mr. R. D. Owen moved to reconsider the vote on the passage of 

 the bill, and moved the previous question. 



The previous question was seconded, and the main question was 

 ordered, and, being taken, was decided in the negative. 



So the House refused to reconsider the vote, and the bill finally 

 passed. 



Apr// 30, 1846— Senate. 



Message from the House that bill H. 5 had passed. The bill, on 

 motion of Mr. Dixon H. Lewis, was referred to a select committee of 

 three members appointed by the President of the Senate. Mr. John A. 

 Dix, Mr. Thomas Corwin, and Mr. D. H. Lewis were appointed. 

 May 21, 1846— Senate. 



Mr. John A. Dix presented a memorial of citizens of Madison 

 County, New York, praying the adoption of a plan for the establish- 

 ment of the Smithsonian Institution; Which was referred to the select 

 committee on the subject. 

 June 1, 1846— Senate. 



Mr. J. A. Dix, from the select committee, reported H. 5, with 

 amendments. 



