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thereof, to the new fire-proof extension of the Library of 

 Congress, upon completion of a sufficient portion thereof for 

 its accommodation, and shall, while there deposited, be sub- 

 ject to the same regulations as the Library of Congress, 

 except as hereinafter provided. 



*'The Smithsonian Institution shall have the use thereof, 

 in like manner as it is now used, and the public shall have 

 access thereto for purposes of consultation. 



"All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian Li- 

 brary shall be properly cared for and preserved in like manner 

 as are those of the Congressional Library, from which the 

 Smithsonian Library shall not be removed except on reim- 

 bursement by the Smithsonian Institution to the Treasury of 

 the United States of expenses incurred in binding and in 

 taking care of the same, or upon such terms and conditions 

 as shall be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the Re- 

 gents of said Institution. 



"The Smithsonian Institution, through its Secretary, shall 

 have the use of the Library of Congress, subject to the same 

 regulations as Senators and Representatives." 



The removal of the library to the Capitol was effected 

 during the winter of 1866-67. It then comprised about 

 forty thousand volumes, now increased to more than eighty 

 thousand volumes (about two hundred and fifty thousand 

 titles), besides a great assemblage of pamphlets and unbound 

 serials ; and it completely filled one entire gallery of the 

 newly constructed south wing of the Congressional Library, 

 and overflowed into another gallery below. The Smith- 

 sonian librarian. Doctor Theodore N. Gill, was transferred 

 with the library to the Capitol, and continued to catalogue 

 and superintend the collection, in the service of Congress, 

 until he resigned some years later to devote himself to scien- 

 tific work. He was succeeded by Mr. John Murdoch, and 

 on his resignation, in 1892, the present incumbent, Doctor 

 Cyrus Adler, was appointed librarian. 



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