ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LV 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 
For the cooperation of the United States in the work of the Inter- 
national Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation 
of a classified index catalogue of American scientific publications for 
incorporation in the International Catalogue, the expense of clerk 
hire, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and other 
necessary incidental expenses, five thousand dollars, the same to be 
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution. (Approved March 4, 1907; Statutes, XX XIV, 1310.) 
NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
For completing the construction of the building for the National 
Museum, and for each and every purpose connected with the same, 
one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That 
if the superintendent of buildings and grounds, Library of Congress, 
now in charge of the construction of the new Museum building and 
the disbursing of all appropriations made for the work, be at any 
time incapacitated to continue in such charge, the Board of Regents 
of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby empowered to take charge 
of the construction and to disburse appropriations made for the same. 
For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi- 
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, in- 
cluding salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty 
thousand dollars. 
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele- 
phonic service for the National Museum, eighteen thousand dollars. 
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col- 
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern- 
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of 
all necessary employees, and all other necessary expenses, one hun- 
dred and ninety thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand five 
hundred dollars may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations 
for publications of the National Museum. 
For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in 
the National Museum, two thousand dollars. 
For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, in- 
cluding all necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars. 
For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the 
National Museum, four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National 
Museum, five hundred dollars. 
(Approved March 4, 1907; Statutes, XXXIV, 1311.) 
