608 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



METEOROLOGY — JAMES 1». ESPY. 

 June 12. 1858. 



Act for naval .service for 1859. 



To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay the salary of Professor 

 James P. Espy, $2,000; the payment to be made in the same manner 

 and under the like control as former appropriations for meteorolog- 

 ical observations: Provided, That the empWment of a meteorologist, 

 under the contract of the Secretary of the Navy, shall cease on and 

 after June 30, 1859, $2,000. 



(Stat. XI, 317.) 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 

 February 5, 1859. 



An act providing for keeping and distributing all ])ublic d(jcunients. 



Sec. 7. And }>e it furUier enacted^ That by this act the distribution 

 of all works mentioned in the first section as public documents is 

 intended and directed to be made, except the '' Exploring Expedition " 

 conducted by Commander Wilkes. 



(Stat., XI, 380.) 



March 3, 1859. 



Sundry civil act for 1860. 



For completing certain volumes of the Exploring Expedition now 

 nearly finished, and pa}' of superintendent, the sum of $8,220.05. 

 (Stat., XI, 429.) 



act of organization amended. — COPYRIGHTS. 

 February 5, 1859. 



An act providing for keeping and distributing all public documents. 



Sec. 6. That the tenth section [relative to copyrights] of an act 

 entitled "An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the 

 increase and diffusion of knowledge among men," approved August 

 10, 1846, is hereby repealed. 



Sec. 8. All books, maps, charts, and other publications of every 

 nature whatever heretofore deposited in the Department of State, 

 according to the laws regulating copyrights * * * shall be removed 

 to, and be under the control of, the Department of the Interior, which 

 is hereby charged with all the duties connected with the same, and 

 with all mattei's pertaining to copyright. * * * 



(Stat., XI, 380.) 



