and stocks which have been, or may hereafter be, received into the Treasury of the United States, on account of the fund bequeathed by James Smithson, are hereby pledged to refund to the Treasury of the United States the sums hereby appropriated. SEC. 5591. 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 one million dollars. Provided, That 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. SEC. 5592. The regents are authorized to make such disposal of any other moneys which have accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, as interest upon the Smithsonian fund, not herein appropriated, or not required for the purposes herein provided, as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purposes of the testator. SEC. 5593. Whenever money is required for the payment of the debts or performance of the contracts of the institution, incurred or entered into in conformity with the provisions of this Title, or for making the purchases and executing the objects authorized by this Title, the Board of Regents, or the executive committee thereof, may certify to the chancellor and Secretary of the board that such sum of money is required, whereupon they shall examine the same, and, if they shall approve thereof, shall certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury for payment. The board shall submit to Congress,* at each session thereof, a report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution. *"The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall submit to Congress at its next session a detailed statement of the expenditures of the fiscal year, under appropriations for International Exchanges,' 'North American Ethnology,' and the National Museum,' and annually thereafter a detailed statement of expenditures under said appropriations shall be submitted to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof.”—(October 2, 1888. Statutes, XXV, 529.) "A report in detail of the expenses on account of the National Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular session."-(August 5, 1892. Statutes, XXVII, 360.) "The annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution shall be hereafter printed at the Government Printing Office, in the same manner as the annual reports of the heads of Departments are now printed, for submission in print to the two Houses of Congress."-(March 3, 1885. Statutes, XXIII, 520.) SEC. 5594. Congress may alter, amend, add to, or repeal any of the provisions of this Title; but no contract or individual right made or acquired under such provisions shall be thereby divested or impaired.* January 10, 1865. (Statutes, IX, 102.) Amendment (copyrights). (Statutes, XI, 379.) Amendment (regents). (Statutes, XIII, 420.) 13.) April 5, 1866. Act (transfer of Smithsonian Library). (Statutes, XIV, February 8, 1867. Amendment (residuary legacy and increase of fund). (Statutes, XIV, 391.) March 20, 1871. Amendment (regents). (Statutes, XVI, 1). June 22, 1874. Act of organization. (Rev. Statutes, XVIII, pt. 1, 1875, 16, 1088.) February 27, 1877. Amendment (establishment). (Statutes, XIX, 253.) March 2, 1877. 1082.) March 3, 1879. May 13, 1884. Act of organization. (Rev. Statutes, XVIII, pt. 1. 2d ed, 1878, Act (acting secretary). (Statutes, XXIII, 21.) March 3, 1885. Act (printing reports). (Statutes, XXIII, 520.) October 2, 1888. Act (reports of expenditures, exchanges, ethnology, museum). (Statutes, XXV, 529.) August 5, 1892. Act (reports of expenditures, Zoological Park). (Statutes, XXVII, 360.) March 12, 1894. Amendment (change of membership of "Establishment." to receive and dispose of money, etc.). (Statutes, XXVIII, 41.) Power *By act of Congress March 3, 1879, the provisions of the act of March 3, 1877, "for the transmission of official mail matter" were extended to "all official mail matter sent from the Smithsonian Institution," and the Institution was exempted from the limit of fourth-class matter to four pounds for each package.-(Statutes, XX, 360, 362.) FULL TITLES OF ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS, 1835-1899, REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK. July 1, 1836: An act to authorize and enable the President to assert and prosecute with effect the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson, late of London, deceased, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. (Stat., V, 64)... October 16, 1837: An act making further appropriations for the year 1837. (Stat., V, 207). An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United March 3, 1839: An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Page. 142 144 145 182 July 20, 1840: An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year 1840. (Stat., V, 404)... 219 July 20, 1840: Joint resolution for the exchange of books and public documents for foreign publications. (Stat., V, 409)................ 220 March 3, 1841: An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year 1841. (Stat., V, 419)... 220 September 4, 1841: An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands, and to grant preemption rights. (Stat., V, 453)................ 221 September 11, 1841: An act to repeal a part of the sixth section of the act entitled “An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States for the year 1838, and for other purposes," passed July 7, 1838. (Stat., V, 465).... 224 August 4, 1842: An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year 1842. (Stat., V, 500)... 239 August 26, 1842: An act to provide for publishing an account of the discoveries made by the Exploring Expedition, under the command of Lieutenant Wilkes, of the United States Navy. (Stat., V, 534) ..... 240 December 24, 1842: An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the half calendar year ending the 30th day of June, 1843. (Stat., V, 586)... 240 |