...experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose ; but tho Academy shall receive no compensation whatever for...any services to the Government of the United States. NOTES ON BOOKS AND BOOKSELLERS. BOOKS ON AMERICA. WITHIN a few years, books on America and American...

...all other matters needful or usual in such institutions, and to report the same to Congress. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy...any services to the Government of the United States. SOLOMON FOOTE, President of the Senate pro tempore. GALUSHA A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives....

...all other matters needful or usual in such institutions, and to report the same to Congress. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy...any services to the Government of the United States. SOLOMON FOOTE, President of the Senate pro tempore. GALUSHA A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives,...

...department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of%cience or art, the actual expense of such investigations,...any services to the Government of the United States. SOLOMON FOOT, President of the Senate pro tempore. GALUSHA A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives....

...granted. It was an organization related to the Government in that by the charter it was provided " the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department...services to the Government of the United States." The number of members of such corporation was by its original charter limited to 50 ordinary members,...

...provides that the actual expenses entailed in making these reports shall be paid ; but that the members of the Academy " shall receive no compensation whatever...services to the Government of the United States." This provision seems to be becoming more literally true than might have been anticipated when it was...

...all other matters needful or usual in such institution, and to report the same to Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy...for the purpose, but the Academy shall receive no comppnsatiou whatever for any services to the Government of the United States. Approved, March 3, 18C3....

...autonomous powers, but derives national character from the provision in the article of incorporation that "the academy shall, whenever called upon by any department...services to the Government of the United States." The first meeting was held Apr. 22, 1863, and Alexander I). Bache was elected president. Originally...

...expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from а]н propriations which may be made for the purpose; but the academy...services to the Government of the United States." The first meeting was held Apr. 22, 1863, und Alexander D. Hache was elected president. Originally...

...SCIENCES. (Incorporated by act of Congress March 3, 1863.) Section 3 of the act of incorporation provides: "That the National Academy of Sciences shall hold...any services to the Government of the United States. ' ' In accordance with this provision, the academy — which includes about one hundred members —...