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workmanship and materials, to be without unnecessary ornament, as may 

 be wanted : Provided however, That the whole expense of building and fur- 

 nishing as many such houses as may be required shall not exceed the residue 

 of said interest which will have accrued on the first day of July next ; and 

 for the said expenditure the said residue of said interest, amountin g to the sum 

 of seventy-eight thousand six hundred and four dollars, is hereby appropria- 

 ted, payable out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated ; 

 and all such contracts as may be made by said board of managers shall be de- 

 posited with the Treasurer of the United States ; and all questions which 

 may arise between the United States and any person claiming under and by 

 virtue of any such contract shall be heard and determined by said board of 

 managers, and such determination shall be final and conclusive upon all 

 parties ; and all claims on any contract made as aforesaid shall be allowed 

 and certified by the board of managers, or a committee thereof, as tin- 

 may be, and being signed by the president of the board, shall be a sufficient 

 voucher for settlement and payment at the Treasury of the United States. 



SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as buildings shall be 

 erected for their reception, all objects of natural history belonging to the 

 United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever cus- 

 tody the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be author- 

 ized by the board of managers to receive, them, and shall be arranged by 

 the professor of natural history in such order and so classed as best to facil- 

 itate the examination and study of them in the building so as aforesaid to 

 be erected for the institution ; and the managers of said institution shall 

 afterwards, as new specimens in natural history may be obtained for the 

 museum of the institution by exchanges of duplicate specimens belonging 

 to the institution (which they are hereby authorized to makei <>r l>y dona- 

 tions which they may receive, cause such new specimens to be also appropri- 

 ately classed and arranged. And the minerals, books, manuscripts, and 

 other property of James Smithson, which have been received by the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States, and are now placed in the Patent Office, shall 

 be removed to said institution and shall be preserved separate and apart 

 from the other property of the institution. 



SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the managers of said institution 

 shall appoint a superintendent, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the 

 ground, buildings, and property, belonging to the institution, and carefully 

 preserve the same from injury ; and such superintendent shall !>< the secre- 

 tary of the board of managers, and shall, under their direction, make a fair 

 and accurate record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in said institu- 

 tion ; and the said superintendent shall also discharge the duties of professor 

 of agriculture and of horticulture in said institution, and in that capacity 

 may, with the approbation of the board of managers, employ, from time to 

 to time, so many gardeners and other laborers as may be necessary to culti- 

 vate the ground and keep in repair the buildings of said institution; and 

 the superintendent shall receive for his services such sum as may be 

 allowed by the board of managers, to be paid semi-annually 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 

 intitution 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 application 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 mem- 

 bers, 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 travelling and other expenses in attending meetings 

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

 intendent of the institution. And whenever any person employed by the 

 authority of the institution shall have performed service entitling him to com- 



