"If the Council deems it advisable to collect subscriptions outside of the Council, but within its jurisdiction, let it recommend a suitable person to act as agent, who will receive a compensation for his services by a commission upon the amount collected. Upon such recommendations being received, there will be forwarded to the agent named a certificate authorizing him to receive contributions. The Council will determine whether the proceeds of such collections be received and transmitted by the committee having charge of the collections within the Council or be remitted by the agent direct to the Treasurer. It is intended that the amount of such collection be placed to the credit of the Council in the reports from the Board of Managers to the State Councils and National Council. "May we not rely upon your best exertion to aid us in the work in which we are engaged? We know that our brethren will cheerfully contribute their mites if the subject is properly placed before them. We wish to dispense, as far as possible, with the services of special agents; that all contributions may be applied directly to the purpose for which they are intended, and we must rely mainly upon those whose abilities or position enable them to render us the aid required; and who, like the officers of the Society, will desire no compensation for their services other than the pleasure of engaging in this patriotic undertaking. "Fraternally yours, "CHAS. C. TUCKER, "_Secretary W. N. M. S._" The following "Notice to the Public" was issued by the "Know-Nothing" Board: "OFFICE OF "WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOCIETY, "WASHINGTON, _July 1, 1856_. "IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDER OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, the public are requested to pay no more contributions for the Washington National Monument to agents heretofore commissioned by the Board. "This notice is not to be construed as a censure on the agents, but it is designed to effectuate a general settlement of the affairs of the Society. The Board is well assured of eventual success in the patriotic enterprise in which it is engaged, but it has resolved to suspend further proceedings by agency until a plan, now under consideration, for combining efficiency, promptitude, and safety, is matured. "Balances due from agents, or offerings from independent contributors, are to be sent by draft, _payable to the order of the Treasurer of Washington National Monument Society_, enclosed in a letter to the undersigned. "By order: SAMUEL YORKE ATLEE, "_Secretary W. N. M. S._