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6. Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral philosophy. 



8. A survey of the political events of the world, penal reform, &c. 



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 



11. Bibliography. 



12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



II. By the publication of separate treatises on subjects of general interest. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs 

 translated from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the di- 

 rection of the Institution, or procured by offering premiums for the best 

 exposition of a given subject. 



2. The treatises should in all cases be submitted to a commission of 

 competent judges previous to their publication. 



3. As examples of these treatises, expositions may be obtained of the 

 present state of the several branches of knowledge mentioned in the 

 table of reports. Also of the following subjects, suggested by the Com- 

 mittee on Organization, viz: the statistics of labor, the productive arts 

 of life, public instruction, &c. 



SECTION II. 



Plan of organization, in accordance with the terms of the resolutions of the 

 Board of Regents, providing for the two modes of increasing and diffusing 

 knowledge. 



1. The act of Congress establishing the Institution contemplated the 

 formation of a library and a museum ; and the Board of Regents, in- 

 cluding these objects in the plan of organization, resolved to divide the 

 income into two equal parts. 



2. One part to be appropriated to increase and diffuse knowledge by 

 means of publications and researches, agreeably to the scheme before 

 given. The other part to be appropriated to the formation of a library 

 and a collection of objects of nature and of art. 



3. These two plans are not incompatible with one another. 



4. To carry out the plan before described, a library will be required, 

 consisting — 1st, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceed- 

 ings of all the learned societies in the world ; 2d, of the more import- 

 ant current periodical publications, and other works necessary in pre- 

 paring the periodical reports. 



5. The Institution should make special collections, particularly of 

 objects to verify its own publications. 



6. Also, a collection oi instruments of research in all branches of ex- 

 perimental science. 



7. With reference to the collection of books other than those men- 

 tioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States 



