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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 28 STAT. · March 12, 1894 · Chapter 36

Chapter 36. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” being title seventy-three of the Revised Statutes

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CHAP. 36.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” being title seventy-three of the Revised Statutes.March 12, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Smithsonian Institution.[R. S., Title lxiii. p. 1082](/us/rs/tlxiii/s/p1082).Vol. 9, p. 102. That the Revised Statutes, title seventy-three, being a reenactment of “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that section fifty-five hundred and seventy-nine shall read as follows:
" “Sec. 5579. That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice,Members of the Institution.[R. S., sec. 5579. p. 1082, amended](/us/rs/t/s5579/p1082). and the beads of Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession with the powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.
” And be further amended by striking out of section fifty-five hundred and eighty the words “the governor of the District of Columbia.” " And be further amended by adding to section fifty-five hundredRegents.[R. S., sec. 5580, p. 1082, amended](/us/rs/t/s5580/p1082). and ninety-one as follows: " “*Provided*, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the powerLimitation of fund repealed.[R. S., sec. 5591. p. 1084, amended](/us/rs/t/s5591/91084). of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof.
” " Approved, March 12, 1894.
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