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the erection of the building- and fitting up the rooms of the institu- 

 tion. And all laws for the protection of public property in the city 

 of Washington shall apph^ to, and be in force for, the protection of 

 the lands,. buildings, and other property, of said institution. And all 

 moneys recovered by, or accruing to, the institution, shall be paid into 

 the treasury of the United States, to the credit of the Smithsonian 

 bequest, and separately accounted for, as provided in the act approved 

 July first, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, accepting said bequest. 



Sec. 6. And he it further enacted^ That, in proportion as suitable 

 arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of 

 foreign and curious research, and/all objects of natural history, plants, 

 and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging, or hereafter to 

 belong, to the United States, which may be in the cit}^ of Washington, 

 in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be delivered to such 

 persons as may be authorized by the board of regents to receive 

 them,\and shall be arranged in such order, and so classed, as best [to] 

 facilitate the examination and study of them, in the building so as 

 aforesaid to be erected for the institution; and the regents of said 

 institution shall afterwards, as new specimens in natural history, 

 geology, or mineralog}', may be obtained for the museum of the 

 institution by exchanges of duplicate specimens belonging to the 

 institution (which they are hereby authorized to make,) or by dona- 

 tion, which they may receive, or otherwise, cause such new specimens 

 to be also appropriately classed and arranged. And the minerals, 

 books, manuscripts, and other property, of James Smithson, which 

 have been received b}^ the government of the United States, and are 

 now placed in the department of state, shall be removed to said insti- 

 tution, and shall be preserved separate and apart from other property 

 of the institution. 



Sec. 7. And he it further enacted. That the secretary of the board 

 of regents shall take charge of the building and propert}^ of said 

 institution, and shall, under their direction, make a fair and accurate 

 record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in said institution; 

 and the said secretary shall also discharge the duties of librarian and 

 of keeper of the museum, and may, with the consent of the board of 

 regents, employ assistants; and the said officers shall receive for their 

 services such sums as may be allowed by the board of regents, to be 

 paid semi-annually on the first day of January and July; and the said 

 officers shall be removable by the board of regents, whenever, in 

 their judgment, the interests of the institution require any of the 

 said officers to be changed. 



Sec. 8. Aiid he it further enacted^ That the members and honorary 

 members of said institution may hold such stated and special meet- 

 ings, for the supervision of the affairs of said institution and the 

 advice and instruction of said board of regents, to be called in the 

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