12 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 
11. The arts may be encouraged by providing a room, free of 
expense, for the exhibition of the objects of the Art-Union and other 
similar societies. 
12. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of 
antiquities, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, &c. 
13. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, be- 
sides the Secretary, no permanent assistant will be required, except 
one, to act as librarian. ; 
14. The Secretary, by the law of Congress, is alone responsible to 
the Regents. He shall take charge of the building and property, 
keep a record of proceedings, discharge the duties of librarian and 
keeper of the museum, and may, with the consent of the Regents, 
employ assistants. 
15. The Secretary and his assistants, during the session of Congress, 
will be required to illustrate new discoveries in science, and to exhibit 
new objects of art. Distinguished individuals should also be invited 
to give lectures on subjects of general interest. 
This programme, which was at first adopted provisionally, has be- 
come the settled policy of the Institution. The only material change 
is that expressed by the following resolutions, adopted January 15, 
1855, viz: 
Resolved, That the Tth resolution passed by the Board of Regents, 
on the 26th of January, 1847, requiring an equal division of the 
income between the active operations and the museum and library, 
when the buildings are completed, be, and it is hereby, repealed. 
Resolved, That hereafter the annual appropriations shall be appor- 
tioned specifically among the different objects and operations of the 
Institution, in such manner as may, in the judgment of the Regents, 
be necessary and proper for each, according to its intrinsic import- 
ance and a compliance in good faith with the law. 
