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governments as may agree to send to the United States current copies of their 
parliamentary record or like publication, such documents, when received, to 
be deposited in the Library of Congress. (Approved March 4, 1909; Statutes 
XXXVI, 1169.) 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 
For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the 
natives of Hawaii, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, in- 
cluding salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase 
ef necessary books and periodicals, forty-two thousand dollars, of which sum 
not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for rent of 
building. (Approved, March 4, 1909; Statutes XXXVI, 964.) 
For removing the office furniture, records, manuscripts, documents, and 
other appurtenances from the present quarters to the space to be assigned in 
the Smithsonian Building, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary. (Approved March 4, 1909; Statutes XXXVI, 964.) 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 
For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the 
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase of neces- 
sary books and periodicals, apparatus, making necessary observations in high 
altitudes, repairs and alterations of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, 
thirteen thousand dollars. (Approved March 4, 1909; Statutes XXXVI, 964.) 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 
For the cooperation of the United States in the work of the International 
Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation of a classified index 
eatalogue of American scientific publications for incorporation in the Interna- 
tional Catalogue, the expense of clerk hire, the purchase of necessary books and 
periodicals, and other necessary incidental expenses, six thousand dollars, the 
same to be expended under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. (Ap- 
proved March 4, 1909; Statutes XXXVI, 964.) 
NATIONAL MUSEUM, 
For cases, furniture, fixtures, electrical and other appliances required for the 
exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, includ- 
ing salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, two hundred thousand 
dollars. 
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service 
for the National Museum, sixty thousand dollars. 
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections 
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other 
sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and all 
other necessary expenses, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum 
five thousand five hundred dollars may be used for necessary drawings and illus- 
trations for publications of the National Museum. 
For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in the Na- 
tional Museum, two thousand dollars. : 
For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, including all 
necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five 
hundred dollars. 
For moving collections, furniture, and other property of the National Museum 
in connection with the occupancy of the new building for the National Museum, 
