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the Board of Kegents, to be paid semi-annually on the first day of January 

 and July, and the said officers shall be removable by the Board of Regents, 

 whenever, in their judgment, the interests of the Institution require any 

 of the said officers to be changed. 



SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the members and honorary mem- 

 bers of said Institution may hold such stated and special meetings, for the 

 supervision of the affairs of said Institution, and the advice and instruction 

 of said Board of Regents, to be called in the manner provided for in the 

 by-laws of said Institution, at which the President, and in his absence, the 

 Vice-Pre?ident of the United States, shall preside. And the said Regents 

 shall make, from the interest of baid fund, an appropriation, not exceeding 

 an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual for- 

 mation of a library, composed of valuable works pertaining to all depart- 

 ments of human knowledge. 



SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That of any other moneys which have 

 accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest ^upon the said Smithsonian 

 fund, not herein appropriated, or not required for the purposes herein pro- 

 vided, the said managers are hereby authorized to make such disposal as 

 they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purposes of the testa- 

 tor, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 



SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the author or proprietor of any 

 book, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, for which 

 a copyright shall be secured under the existing acts of Congress, or those 

 which shall hereafter be enacted respecting copyrights, shall, within three 

 months from the publication of said book, map, chart, musical composition, 

 print, cut, or engraving, deliver, or cause to be delivered, one copy of the 

 same to the Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, and one copy to the 

 Librarian of Congress Library, for the use of the said libraries. 



SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That there is reserved to Congress 

 the right of altering, amending, adding to, or repealing any of the provi- 

 sions of this act : Provided, That no contract, or individual right, made or 

 acquired under such provisions, shall be thereby divested or impaired. 



Mr. OWEN moved to reconsider the vote on the passage 

 of the bill, and moved the previous question. 



The previous question was seconded, and the main ques- 

 tion was ordered, and, being taken, was decided in the 

 negative. 



So the House refused to reconsider the vote, and the bill 

 is finally passed. 



HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, July 24, 1846. 



Mr. W. W. CAMPBELL, from the Joint Committee on the 

 Library, to which was referred the memorial of Mr. Catlin 

 for the purchase of his gallery of Indian collections of 

 paintings, made a report^ thereon, and recommended an 

 amendment to the bill of the House " To establish the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of 

 knowledge among men," providing for the purchase of said 

 gallery of Indian collections of paintings ; which report 

 was laid upon the table. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 10, 1846. 

 A message was received from the President of the United 





