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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 appropriation, not exceeding an average of 

 twenty -five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a 

 library composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of 

 human knowledge. 



Sec. 9. And l)e It furthei' 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 purpose of the testator, anything herein contained to the con- 

 trary notwithstanding. 



Sec. 10. And he 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 Con- 

 gress, or those which shall hereafter be enacted respecting copy- 

 rights, 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 he it furtlier enacted., That there is reserved to Con- 

 gress the right of altering, amending, adding to, or repealing, any of 

 the provisions of this act: Provided., That no contract, or individual 

 right, made or acquired under such provisions, shall be thereby 

 divested or impaired. 



(Stat., IX, 102.) 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 

 March 4, 1846. 



Resolved., etc., That the librarian of Congress be, and he hereby is, 

 authorized and directed to procure a complete series of reports of all 

 the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the 

 Circuit and District Courts thereof, which have been heretofore pub- 

 lished; as also a complete copy of the public Statutes at Large of the 

 United States, now being edited by Richard Peters, esq., ])y authority 

 of Congress, the whole to be uniformly bound and lettered; and to 

 cause the same, under the direction of the chief justice of said 

 Supreme Court, to be transmitted and presented to the minister of 

 justice of France, in return and exchange for works of French law 

 heretofore presented by the minister to the Supreme Court aforesaid. 



Sec. 2. And he it further resolved, That, for the purpose aforesaid, 

 there be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise 

 appropriated, a sum not exceeding live hundred dollars. 



(Stat.,- IX, 109.) 



