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exceed three million five hundred thousand dollars, and a contract or contracts for its completion is hereby authorized to be entered into, subject to appropriations to be made by Congress. The construction shall be in charge of Bernard R. Green, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Library of Congress, who shall make the contracts herein authorized and disburse all appropriations made for the work, and shall receive as full compensation for his services hereunder the sum of two thousand dollars annually in addition to his present salary, to be paid out of said appropriations.

He also read the following resolution adopted by the Board on January 28, 1903, providing that the Secretary be authorized to represent it in carrying out the provisions of this Act:

Resolved; That the Secretary, with the advice and consent of the Chancellor and the Chairman of the Executive Committee, be authorized to represent the Board of Regents so far as may be necessary in consultation with Bernard R. Green, to whom the construction and contracts for the new Museum building are committed by Congress in the act making an appropriation for that purpose.

After considerable discussion on the question of the architect's fee and the contract, in which all present took part, Senator Lodge submitted the following resolution, which was adopted:     

RESOLVED; That Mr. Bernard R. Green be authorized to pay Hornblower & Marshall the fee of one and one-half per cent recommended by him, in addition to the fee of three and one-half per cent, whenever in his judgment it has, from time to time, been earned under the terms of the contract.

Provision for Emergency Superintendent of Construction.

The Secretary said that the original act authorizing the new building for the National Museum provided that the construction should be in charge of Bernard R. Green, who should make the contracts authorized, and disburse all appropriations made for the work. Realizing the inconvenience that would arise in case of Mr. Green becoming incapacitated, he had requested that provision be made empowering the Board of Regents in case of this emergency,

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