Chapter 21.
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CHAP. 21.— An act authorizing the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution to appoint an Acting Secretary in certain cases. Jan. 24, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Smithsonian Institution. That in case of the death, resignation, sickness, or absence of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Chancellor thereof shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to Acting Secretary.appoint some person as Acting Secretary, who for the time being shall be clothed with all the powers and duties which by law are devolved upon the Secretary, and he shall hold said position until an election of Secretary shall be duly made, or until the.
Secretary shall be restored to his health, or, if absent, shall return and enter upon the duties of his office. Approved, January 24, 1879.