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and keep in repair the buildings of said institution; and the superintendent shall 

 receive for his services such sum as rnay be allowed by the board of managers, to be paid 

 semiannually on the first day of January and July; and the said superintendent shall 

 be removable by the board of managers whenever, in their judgment, the interest of 

 the institution may require the superintendent to be changed. 



SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the board of managers 

 they shall fix on the times for regular meetings of the board, and on applicatipn of 

 any three of the managers to the superintendent of the institution it shall be his duty 

 to appoint a time for a special meeting of the board, of which he shall give notice by 

 letter to each of the members, and at any meeting of the board of managers seven 

 shall constitute a quorum to do business; that each member of the board of managers 

 shall be paid his necessary traveling and other expenses in attending meetings of 

 the board, which shall be audited, allowed, and recorded by the superintendent of 

 the institution. And whenever any person employed by the authority of the insti- 

 tution shall have performed service entitling him to compensation, whether the same 

 shall be by way of salary payable semiannually or wages for labor, the superintend- 

 ent shall certify to the president of the board that such compensation is due, where- 

 upon the president shall certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury 

 Department for payment. 



SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers may appoint some 

 suitable person as professor of natural history, a professor of chemistry, and a pro- 

 fessor of astronomy, with such other professors as the wants of science may require. 

 They shall also employ able men to lecture in the Institution upon the arts and sci- 

 ences, and shall fix the compensation of such professors and lecturers: Provided, 

 That no professorship shall be established or lecturer employed to treat or lecture on 

 law, physic, or divinity, it being the object of the Institution to furnish facilities 

 for the acquisition of such branches of knowledge as are not taught in the various 

 universities. 



SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the board of managers shall make all need- 

 ful rules, regulations, and by-laws for the government of the Institution and the 

 persons employed therein. They shall direct and prescribe the experiments to be 

 made by the professor of agriculture and horticulture to determine the utility and 

 advantage of new modes and instruments of culture, to determine whether new 

 fruits, plants, and vegetables may be cultivated to advantage in the United States, 

 and they shall direct the distribution of all such fruits, plants, seeds, and vegetables 

 as shall be found useful and adapted to any of our soils and climates, so that the 

 people in every part of the Union may enjoy the benefit and advantage of the 

 experiments made by the Institution. They shall also make rules and regulations 

 for the admission of students in the various departments of the Institution and their 

 conduct and deportment while they remain therein: Provided, That all instruction 

 in said Institution shall be gratuitous to those students who conform to such rules 

 and regulations. 



SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That be appointed managers of the 



said Smithsonian Institution, to hold their offices as is hereinbefore provided. 



June 7, 1844 House. 



Mr. J. Q. ADAMS, from the select committee on the subject of the 

 Smithsonian bequest, made a report thereon with a bill (H. 418): 



The select committee, to whom was referred the letter of the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury of February 19 last, relating to the then state 

 and condition of the funds bequeathed by James Smithson to the 

 United States for the establishment of an institution for the increase and 

 diffusion of knowledge among men, have attended to that duty, and 



