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enjoyment by the public, and their preservation. The board of managers may also 

 rent additional rooms for the lectures and purchase or rent such illustrative appa- 

 ratus as may be needed; but they shall incur no liabilities in any year beyond the 

 income for that year. 



SEC. 4. That as the purpose of this act is to provide the best instruction in the arts 

 and sciences which especially relate to the development of the material resources of 

 the country and to the increase of the comforts and conveniences of life among the 

 people, the following topics shall be first treated in the lecture courses: 



First. Mining and metallurgy. 



Second. Applied chemistry. 



Third. Agriculture and horticulture. 



Fourth. Veterinary science. 



Fifth. Mechanical engineering. 



Sixth. Fish culture. 



Seventh. Entomology. 



Eighth. Microscopy. 



Ninth. Electricity. 



Tenth. Forestry. 



Eleventh. Architecture. 



Twelfth. Navigation and shipbuilding. 



Thirteenth. Meteorology. 



Fourteenth. Botany. 



Fifteenth. Anatomy and physiology. 



Sixteenth. Geology and mineralogy. 



In addition to these lectures, designed to perfect students in special departments 

 of science and art, the managers may institute popular lectures designed to diffuse 

 scientific knowledge and awaken an interest in science among the people. 



SEC. 5. That the board of managers shall have power to make rules for the admis- 

 sion to the lectures herein provided, but no fee shall be charged to anyone except 

 for such certificate of attendance and proficiency as may be desired by any person. 



SEC. 6. That notice shall be sent by circular to each State superintendent of 

 schools, and to the secretaries of the various State and national industrial and scien- 

 tific associations, and by such other methods as may be deemed advisable. Such 

 circulars shall be issued at least two months before the beginning of the annual 

 course, and shall set forth the time occupied by each of the topics treated upon, and 

 such other facts as may be of interest to the public in connection with the lectures. 



SEC. 7. That the board of managers above named are hereby constituted a body 

 corporate, with the power to sue and be sued, and to acquire property by gift, 

 devise, or purchase, real and personal, in any portion of the United States, and to 

 hold, convey, and apply the same as may be required by the interests confided to 

 their care. 



SEC. 8. That the board of managers shall report annually to the President the work 

 accomplished and moneys expended during the year, accompanying their report 

 with the proper vouchers and such recommendations as they may see fit to make, 

 and the President shall lay the same before Congress at the session next ensuing. 



SEC. 9. That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall be ex officio presi- 

 dent of the board. lie shall call the managers together soon after the passage of this 

 act to organize by the appointment of a secretary and treasurer and such executive 

 officers and agents as may be necessary. The lecture courses shall begin during the 

 first week of November following the passage of this act, and shall be continued 

 until the first of May following, or as long as may be practicable with the funds at 

 the disposal of the board. 



Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. 



