408 BILL FOR A PATHO-BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 
The salaries of the persons herein named in connection with 
the work of patho-biological laboratory of the United States shall 
be paid out of the funds in the treasury upon warrants drawn by 
the said Surgeon-General, countersigned by the Secretary of the 
Treasury Department of the United States. It is further provided 
that in order to stimulate and encourage original research into the 
cause and nature of the classes of disease herein mentioned, that 
the said Surgeon-General is hereby authorized to offer the free 
use of such rooms and appurtenances as shall be provided therefor 
in the said laboratory, to a limited number of such citizens of 
the United States as may volunteer their services, at their own 
expense, and who are known to the said Surgeon-General to have 
been creditable graduates of an honorable veterinary or medical 
school or college, and to have distinguished themselves by origi¬ 
nal research in the lines of work herein provided for, the neces¬ 
sary room, materials and appliances to be supplied by the officials 
of said laboratory. Said voluntary workers shall agree, in writing, 
with the said Surgeon-General to accept two young medical or 
veterinary students of American schools or colleges, to be select¬ 
ed by the said Surgeon-General, as assistants and students, and to 
instruct them in the lines of work they may be engaged upon. 
Such students must be at their own expense, except as to the in¬ 
struments and implements necessary to work with. The said vol¬ 
unteer investigators must furthermore agree, in writing, to con¬ 
tinue any given series of investigation until completed, to the 
satisfaction of the said Surgeon-General, unless otherwise excused 
thereby, and must further agree to engage upon any special line 
of research that may be deemed necessary by the said Surgeon- 
General, or the director of the institute, of this laboratory, to 
which they may have been detailed. They must further agree 
that all the results and benefits of any work performed by them 
in any department of this laboratory shall become the property 
of the Government of the United States of America, and be report¬ 
ed in a full and exact manner for publication in the reports of 
the same. With and by the consent of the director of the insti¬ 
tute of this laboratory, in which such a volunteer may be working, 
and with the written agreement of the Surgeon-General aforesaid, 
such volunteer investigators may have the privilege of publishing 
