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Code · U.S. Code · Title 20 - EDUCATION · CHAPTER 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES · SUBCHAPTER I— CHARTER PROVISIONS · § 53a

§ 53a. Authorization of appropriations

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Appropriations are authorized for the maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and the making of solar observations at high altitudes; for repairs and alterations of buildings and grounds occupied by the Smithsonian Institution in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and for preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications.
(Aug. 22, 1949, ch. 494, § 2, 63 Stat. 623.)
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