An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes
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PrintEstablishes the Geological Survey and outlines its services and duties; Notes that all natural history collections made by the U.S. Government "when no longer needed for investigations in progress shall be deposited in the National Museum"; Provides $23,000 for preservation and care of the collections of the National Museum; $5,000 for the distribution of duplicate scientific specimens; $2,500 for the storage of articles belonging to the United States, including those transferred from the International Exhibition of 1876; $3,000 for providing security against fire; $20,000 for completing and preparing for publication the contributions to North American Ethnology; $250,000 for a fire-proof building for the use of the National Museum.
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Statutes at Large
20 Stat. 377 (1879); ch. 182 (Book)
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