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-74- Page 649 TITLE 20-EDUCATION § 57 [[column 1]] SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. § 53. Protection of property. All laws for the protection of public property in the city of Washington shall apply to, and be in force for, the protection of the lands, buildings, and other property of the Smithsonian Institution. All moneys recovered by or accuring to, the Institution shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the Smithsonian bequest, and separately accounted for. (R.S. § 5589.) CODIFICATION R.S. § 5589 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 5, 9 Stat. 104. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. § 53a. Authorization of appropriations 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.) § 54. Appropriation of interest So much of the property of James Smithson as has been received in money, and paid into the Treasury of the United States, being the sum of $541,379.63, shall be lent to the United States Treasury, at 6 per centum per annum interest; and 6 per centum interest on the trust fund and residuary legacy received into the United States Treasury, payable in half-yearly payments, on the first of January and July in each year, is appropriated for the perpetual maintenance and support of the Smithsonian Institution and all expenditures and appropriations to be made, from time to time, to the purposes of the institution shall be exclusively from the accruing interest, and not from the principal of the fund. All the moneys 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 pledged to refund to the Treasury of the United States the sums hereby appropriated. (R.S. § 5590.) CODIFICATION R.S. § 5590 is from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 2, 9 Stat. 102; Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, § 2, 14 Stat. 391. CROSS REFERENCES Expenses of Smithsonian Institution Trust Fund, see section 725s of Title 31, Money and Finance. Permanent indefinite appropriation for Smithsonian Institution, see section 711 of Title 31. [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. § 55. Acceptance of other sums 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.) CODIFICATION R.S. § 5591 is from act Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34. §1, 14 Stat. 391. AMENDMENTS 1894-Act Mar. 12, 1894 made the limitation on deposits into the treasury inapplicable to receipt of gifts, bequests, and devises and dispositions of money or other property. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. § 56. Disposal of unappropriated money 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 purpose of the testator. (R.S. § 5592.) CODIFICATION R.S. § 5592 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 9, 9 Stat. 105. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57,67 of this title. § 57. Disbursements 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 sections 41 to 46, 48, 50, 51 to 53, 54 to 57, and 67 of this title, or for making the purchases and executing the objects authorized by said sections, 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. (R.S. § 5593.) [[/column 2]]
