26 ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



accession card the entries necessary to complete the record for the 

 "List of Accessions" and the " Historical File," and returns card and 

 memoranda without delay to the Eegistrar. 



7. The Curator enters the specimen or specimens in the Museum Cata- 

 logue belonging to his department. 



8. The Curator marks each specimen indelibly with catalogue number, 

 locality, and donor. 



9. The Curator, after submitting the specimens, if necessary, to a 

 preparator, assigns them places in the exhibition series, the study 

 series, or the duplicate series. 



10. The Curator also keeps a systematic or ledger record of the speci- 

 mens, either ujion catalogue-cards or upon the Museum register-sheets. 



11. A letter of thanks, prepared under the direction of the Eegistrar, 

 and signed by the Director, is sent to every person who has given speci- 

 mens to the Museum. 



KECEPTION AND RECORD ROUTINE. 



Liir. 



All packages coming by wagon to be received by the Transportation 

 Clerk of Smithsonian Institution and entered in his record of transpor- 

 tation, for the purpose of checking the accounts of express companies 

 and cartmen. Number of Transportation Eecord, prefixed by letter 

 " T," to be marked ujion thejn. 



LIY. 



All packages of specimens coming through the hands of the Trans- 

 portation Clerk, by messenger, mail, or in exchange boxes, to be deliv- 

 ered to the Eegistrar. 



LY. 



Packages received in other buildings, of whatever nature, the prop- 

 erty of the Museum, or intended for use in the Museum, must be re- 

 ported by the person receiving them, who shall deliver full written memo- 

 randa to the Eegistrar before 4 p. m. on the day of receipt. 



LVI. 



The Eegistrar shall enter all packages received, in serial order, in the 

 Accession Eecord, and, when practicable, mark upon each its accession 

 number, preceded by the letter A. 



LVII. 



The Eegistrar may open any package of the nature of whose contents 

 he is ignorant, and when it contains articles belonging to different de- 

 partments shall unjiack and assort them. 



