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Mr. Hilliard offered the following resolutions, which were read, and, 

 after debate, were ageed to : 



Resolved^ l''hat the salary of the Assistant Secretary, acting as librarian, 

 shall be two thousand dollars. 



Resolved, That the Secretary be requested now to nominate to the 

 board an assistant, who shall be the librarian, and whose salary shall 

 commence whenever the building is ready for the reception of the 

 library. 



Resolved, That for any services rendered from this time, in collecting 

 books, making catalogues, &c., he shall receive such compensation as the 

 Executive Committee may deem reasonable. 



Whereupon the Secretary remarked, that, understanding Professor 

 Charles C. Jewett, of Brown University, to be the preference of a ma- 

 jority of the board, he therefore nominated Charles C. Jewett for Assist- 

 ant Secretary, acting as librarian, of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. Evans offered the following resolution, which was read and agreed 

 to: 



Resolved, That this board do ^prove the nomination of Charles C. 

 Jewett, and consent to his employment as an Assistant Secretary, to act as 

 librarian. 



The board then adjourned. 



THURSDAY, January 23, 1847. 



Mr. Owen offered the following resolutions, which were read, consid- 

 ered, and agreed to : 



Resolved, That the Norman plan of a building for the Smithsonian 

 Institution, furnished by James Renwick, jr., of INew York, substantially 

 as amended and reduced agreeably to the suggestions of the committee, 

 is approved by the board. 



Resolved, That a building committee of three members of the board, 

 as provided in the fifth section of the act of Congress, be appointed, who 

 are hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, to enter into contracts for the completion of the building; and 

 that said committee have power to employ one or more persons to super- 

 intend the erection of the building and the fitting up of the rooms of the 

 institution; and that the work shall be done to the entire satisfaction of 

 the said superintendent or superintendents ; and the said superintendent 

 or superintendents shall have power, and shall be reonired, to reject any 

 of the material proposed to be employed, and also to object to inferior or 

 insufficient work, and to direct its change, at his or their discretion. 



Resolved, That in the performance of the duty intrusted to them, the 

 building committee of three hereinbefore referred to shall give the con- 

 tracts to the lowest bidder of reputation, who shall give unexceptionable 

 security, to the entire saiisfactiotl of the committee, for the performance of 

 said contracts ; and such security shall in all cases be taken. No advance 

 shall in any case be made; and fifteen per cent, of all payments shall be 

 retained until the'faithful performance of the work. 



Resolved, That the building committee, after taking counsel with the 

 Secretary, shall carefully revise the specifications of the plan furnished to 

 this board by the architect, before entering into any contract; and if, 

 after such examination, they shall be of opinion that any modifications of 

 the said plan and specifications are necessary for the safety, durability, or 



