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§50a TITLE 20-EDUCATION -73- page 648 [[two columns]] [[column 1]] geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody they may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be so arranged and classified in the building erected for the institution as best to facilitate the examination and study of them; and whenever new specimens in natural history, geology, or mineralogy are obtained for the museum of the institution, by exchanges of duplicate specimens, which the Regents may in their discretion make, or by donation, which they may receive, or otherwise, the Regents shall cause such new specimens to be appropriately classed and arranged. The minerals, books, manuscripts, and other property of James Smithson, which have been received by the Government of the United States, shall be preserved separate and apart from other properties of the institution. (R.S. § 5586.) Codification R.S. § 5586 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 6, 9 Stat. 105. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PLANS FOR MUSEUM SUPPORT FACILITIES; SITUS; TRANSFER OF LAND; APPROPRIATIONS. Pub. L. 94-98, Sept. 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 480, provided: "The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to prepare plans for museum support facilities to be used for (1) the care, curation, conservation, deposit, preparation, and study of the national collections of scientific, historic, and artistic objects, specimens, and artifacts; (2) the related documentation of such collections of the Smithsonian Institution; and (3) the training of museum conservators. "Sec. 2. The museum support facilities referred to in section 1 shall be located on federally owned land within the metropolitan area of Washington, District of Columbia. Any Federal agency is authorized to transfer land under its jurisdiction to the Smithsonian Institution for such purpose without reimbursement. "Sec. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution such sums as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act." NATIONAL MUSEUM The National Museum was not created by any express statutory provisions for that purpose. It was first mentioned in an appropriation for postage for "the National Museum in the Smithsonian Institution." contained in act June 20, 1874, ch. 328, § 1, 18 Stat. 103. An appropriation for a building for the use of the National Museum was made by act Mar. 3, 1879, ch.182, § 1, 20 Stat. 397, and annual appropriations have continuously been made for expenses of heating, etc., such building. NATIONAL MUSEUM EXHIBIT Res. Feb. 28, 1922. ch. 86, 42 Stat. 399, authorized the Secretary of State to transfer to the custody of the Secretary of the Institution for safekeeping and exhibition in the National Museum the sword of George Washington and the staff of Benjamin Franklin, presented by Samuel T. Washington, and the sword of Andrew Jackson, presented by the family of General Robert Armstrong. TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY The Quartermaster-General and his officers were required to receive and transport property for the National Museum by a provision of act July 5, 1884, ch. 217, 23 Stat. 107. [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. § 50a. Gellatly art collection; estimates of sums needed for preservation and maintenance The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to include in its estimates of appropriations such sums as my be needful for the preservation and maintenance of the John Gellatly art collection. (June 5, 1929, ch. 9, 46 Stat. 5.) § 51. Library The Regents shall make, from the interest of the fund, and appropriation, not exceeding an average of $25,000 annually, for the gradual formation of a library composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge, (R.S. § 5587.) CODIFICATION R.S. § 5587 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 8, 9 Stat. 105. PUBLIC USE OF RESEARCH AND STUDY FACILITIES OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS Under provisions of R.S. § 94 and act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 179, 18 Stat. 512, the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress was authorized to extend the use of the Library to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. These provisions were not carried into the Code, being rendered superfluous by a general declaration of public policy by Congress, by a joint resolution adopted Apr. 12, 1892, 27 Stat. 395, to the effect that facilities for study and research in the Library of Congress, the National Museum, and similar institutions shall be afforded investigators, students, etc., in the several states and territories as well as in the District of Columbia. CROSS REFERENCES Appropriation of interest moneys, see section 54 of this title. Regulations governing Smithsonian Institution; see sections 151 and 152 of Title 2, The Congress. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections, 57, 67 of this title. § 52. Evidence of title to site and buildings The site and lands selevted for buildings for the Smithsonian Institution shall be deemed appropriated to the institution, and the record of the description of such site and lands, or a copy thereof, certified by the chancellor and Secretary of the Baord of Regents, shall be received as evidence in all courts of the extent and boundaries of the lands appropriated to the institution. (R.S. § 5588.) CODIFICATION R.S. § 5588 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 4, 9 Stat. 104. FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Effect of rule 44 on this section, see note of Advisory Committee under rule 44, Title 28, Appendix. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Proof of official record, see rule 44.
