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 Trr1.1: 1.xx111.—·'1`H.E SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1083 three of their own body as an executive committee, and the regents shall fix on the time for the regular meetings of the board; and, on application of any three of the regents to the Secretary of the institution, it shall be his duty to appoint a special meeting of the Board of Regents, of which he shall give notice, by letter, to each of the members; and, at any meeting of the board, five shall constitute an quorum to do business. Each mcmbpr of the board shall be paid his necessary tmvclin and other actual expenses, in attending meetings of the board which shallbc audited by the executive committee, and recorded by the éecrctary of the board; but his service as regent shall be gratuitous. Sec. 5583. The Secretary of the Board of Re ents shall take charge of Dunes oi Secrethe building and pngicrty of the institution, ang shall, under their direc- tion, make a fair sm accurate record of all their proceedings, to be pre- Ibid.,; 7,p. 105, served in the institution; and shall also dischar c the duties of librarian and of keeper- of the museum, and may, with tic consent of the Board of Regents, cmgloy assistants. Sm:. 5584. T e Secretary and his assistants shall, res ctively, rcccivc $¤l¤ry und re- .0r their services such sum as may be allowed by the Igcfard of Rc ents, t“;°""‘lu°f S"°’°‘ to be paid semtanmmlly on the first day of January and July; anelgsbull ;!;____ be removable by the Board of Regents whenever, in their judgment, the Ibidinterests of the institution require such removal. Sec. 5585. The members and honorary members of the institution may SP¤¢l¤l¤¤€¤fl¤=¤¤ hold stated and s cial meatin s, for the supervision of the affairs of the °l '“°'"l’°"”· institution and tg: advice ang instruction of the Board of Regents, to Ibid., s. 8. be called in the manner rovidcd for in the by-laws of the institution, at which the President, am? in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside. Sec. 5586. Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time Reception and to time for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious ’·"”}“8"m*‘“t of research, and all objects of natural hist.01·E, plants, and gaolo ical and §g’g°g';°;‘;*"d °b' minaralogical sirccimens belonging be the mtcd States, whicllnmy be —-1-4; in the city of \ ’ashingt0n, in wboscsoevcr custody they may hc, shall be Ib“l·· *‘·· 6· delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to rcccivc them, and shall be so arranged and classified in the building erected for the institution as best to facilitate the examination and study of them; and whenever new specimens in natural history, geology, or mineralogy are obtained for the museum of the instititution, by cxchangcs of duplicate specimens, which the regents may in their discretion makc, or by donation, which they may receive, or otherwise, the regents shall cause such new specimens to be appropriately classed and arranged. The minerals, books, manuscripts, and other property of James Smithson, which have been received by the Government of the United Statvs, shall be preserved scgumtc and apart from other gropcrty of the Institution. bm:. 5587. T e regents shall make, from the interest of the fund, an Libm-y. appropriation, not exceeding an uvemgn of twenty-five thousand dollars `gfpj snnua lv,forthegra.duulformationofa ibmry composed ofvuluablc works ’` pertaining to all departments of human knowlcd e. [¤=¤sS•4. 99,100-] Sec. 5588. The site and lands selected for builgings for the Smithson- Eyi¤l<=nce0ftjt1c ian Institution shall be deemed appropriated to the institution, and the  ”‘*° ““d b“'ld‘ record of the description of such site and lands, or a c0§y thereof, corti- Er- .-4-__ fied by the chancellor and Secretary of the Board of agents, shall be Il>¤·l-,¤- 4-,p.104. received as evidence in all courts of the extent and boundaries of the lands appropriated to the institution. Sm`. 5589. All laws for the protection of public property in the city Protection of of Wushin on shall up ly to, and be in force for, t 0 protection of the P*'°P¤¤'W· lands, buildings, and otger property of the Smithsonian Institution. All Ibid_, ,, 5_ moneys recovered by or accruing t0, the institution shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the Smithsonian bequest, and separately accounted for. Sec. 5590. S0 much of the property of James Smithson as has been  Approprumcn of i·c<·cived in money, and paid mw the Treasury of the United States, being the sum of five hundred and forty—0nc thousand three hundred and Ibid., s. 2, p. 102. seventv-nine dollars and sixty-three vents, shall  lent to the United ;F¢bY1867,c.34, St.atcs*'l`reasury, at six per mntum per annum mtcrest; and six per ”· · "· *· P· 391·