An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes
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PrintThe following sums are appropriated: $15,000 for international exchanges under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution; $40,000 for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians; $12,000 for heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic service for the National Museum; $125,000 for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government; and $40,000 for furniture and fixtures of the National Museum. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall submit to Congress at its next session a detailed statement of the expenditures of the fiscal year and annually thereafter. Also appropriated is $10,000 for the USNM to print labels and blanks, and its Bulletins and Proceedings.
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Statutes at Large
25 Stat. 505 (1888); ch. 1069 (Book)
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Number of pages: 3; Page Numbers: 505, 529, 548