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 _ THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1:. 129, 133. 1860. 859 . the said trustees shall pass all necessary ordinances and by-laws for the complete organization, government, and administration of the institution 1 herein established. They may appoint or elect a president and secretary of their own body, and all such officers, professors, or teachers, as to them U may seem expedient, and may confer upon them such powers, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, as may to them seem suitable to the end in view. They shall provide for the election of their successors on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty, and annually thereafter; but, if from any cause, such elections should not take place at the times herein provided, they may be appointed for any other convenient time. And the said trustees for the first elec- c°¤dmQ” °*` tion, and their successors ever thereafter, shall determine and establish the Exwgilzggifgifif rules and conditions upon which subscribers and contributors to the said gallery and school shall be admitted as members of the said institution, the manner in which they shall vote in the annual elections for trustees, and the privileges they shall enjoy in the said institution, and in the lectures, exhibitions, and other proceedings thereof A majority of said trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business. , Q¤°*`¤m· Sec. 4. And be it further enacteal That the said trustees shall have T*':“3°°S ma? power to grant and conhrm to meritorious persons, such degrees in thegtu mm’ arts as they may in their by-laws establish; and grant diplomas or certicates, under their common seal, and signed by the president and secretary to authenticate and perpetuate the same. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the b0§£:l1u§§°%0ur_ trustees to keep regular books or journals, in which shall be entered, mm, which shall under their direction, an account of all their ordinary acts and proceed- b° °lZ°¤ 2}*** ings; all the by-laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations; a schedule of °P°°¤°”’ °' all the property and effects of every kind which may in any way be vested in the said trustees for the use and benefit of the said institution; and the names of all the subscribers and contributors qualified to vote for trustees, with their respective places of residence. And the said books or journals shall at all times be open to the inspection and examination of the said subscribers and contributors, and when required by either House of Congress, it shall be the duty of the said trustees to furnish any information respecting the institution and its alfairs which may be so required. _ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so H0&;’l’s‘;*;f:’;T:us construed as to authorize said corporation to issue any note, token, gw_, ,,8 c,,m,,,,,y[ device, scrip, or other evidence of debt to be used as a currency. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act may at any time be ufB;°Q,;?,:‘§‘gf’ altered, amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. _ Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the m€°t;P%2:;?§¤u corporation hereby created to adopt any system of lottery or chances, as a works of art by means of making a. revenue, or in distributing any works of art. 1°“°'Y»&°· Approved, June 15, 1860. Gun. CXXXHI.-An Actjbr the Relief of 1-lmncis Daiwa. J¤¤¤ 15. 1860- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Francis Dainesc, late consul at Constantinople, the sum of four thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars and ninety-ninc cents, in full of all claims and demands of the said Francis Dainese upon the United States for his travelling, contingent, and other expenses, as well as for losses sustained by him in, and connected with, the consulate at Constantinople; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 15, 1860.