Chapter XXV. to provide for the Transfer of the Custody of the Library of the Smithsonian Institute to the Library of Congress
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CHAP. XXV.— An Act to provide for the Transfer of the Custody of the Library of the Smithsonian Institute to the Library of Congress.April 5, 1866.1846, ch. 178.Vol. ix. p. 102 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the library collected by theThe library of the Smithsonian Institution to be transferred to the library of Congress.1846, ch. 178.Vol. ix. p. 102. Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of an act approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, shall be removed from the building of said institution, with the consent of the regents thereof, to the new fireproof extension of the library of Congress, upon completion of a sufficient portion thereof for its accommodation, and shall, while there deposited, be subject to the same regulations as the library of Congress, except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That when such library shall havehow to be used. been so removed and deposited, the Smithsonian Institution shall have the use thereof in like manner as it is now used, and the public shall have access thereto for purposes of consultation on every ordinary week day except during one month of each year, in the recess of Congress, when it may be closed for renovation. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian library shall be properly cared for and preserved in like manner as are those of the Congressional library, from which the Smithsonian library shall not be removed except on reimbursement by the Smithsonian Institutionnot to be removed except upon reimbursement, &c. to the Treasury of the United States of expenses incurred in binding and in taking care of the same, or upon such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the regents of said Institution.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the Smithsonian Institution,Smithsonian Institution may use library of Congress. through its secretary, shall have the use of the library of Congress, subject to the same regulations as Senators and Representatives. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the librarian of Congress shallAdditional assistants in library of Congress. be authorized to employ two additional assistants, who shall receive a yearly compensation of eight hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars, respectively, commencing July one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of five hundred dollars,Appropriation for expenses of removal. or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the removal herein provided for. Approved, April 5, 1866.