Excerpt from Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. 34 After much deliberation, the Regents resolved to apportion the annual income specifically among the different objects and operations of the Institution. In such manner as may, in the judgment of the Regents, be necessary and proper for each, according to its intrinsic importance, and a compliance in good faith with the law. The following are the details of the parts of the general plan of organiza tion provisionally adopted at the meeting of the Regents December 8, 1847. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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