2015 US Code
Title 20 - Education (Sections 1 - 10013)
Chapter 3 - Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries (Sections 41 - 80s-3)
Subchapter I - Charter Provisions (Sections 41 - 70)
Sec. 55 - Acceptance of other sums
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 3 - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES SUBCHAPTER I - CHARTER PROVISIONS Sec. 55 - Acceptance of other sums |
| Contains | section 55 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §5591; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41. |
| Statutes at Large References | 14 Stat. 391 28 Stat. 41 |
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The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the same terms as the original bequest of James Smithson, such sums as the Regents may, from time to time, see fit to deposit, not exceeding, with the original bequest, the sum of $1,000,000. This shall not operate as a limitation on the power 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.
(R.S. §5591; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41.)
CODIFICATIONR.S. §5591 derived from act Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, §1, 14 Stat. 391.
AMENDMENTS1894—Act Mar. 12, 1894, made limitation on deposits into the Treasury inapplicable to receipt of gifts, bequests and devises and dispositions of money or other property.
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