An Act To provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States for continuing ethnological researches on the American Indians

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Summary

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to cooperate with any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the United States for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the excavation and preservation of archaeological remains. The sum of $20,000 is authorized for expenses. The Secretary may direct allowances to States contributing to investigations. All cooperative work shall be under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian. Where lands are involved which are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the National Park Service, cooperative work thereon shall be under regulations provided by the Secretary of the Interior.

Subject

  • United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • United States. National Park Service

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 45 Stat. 413
  • Title 20, Education
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

45 Stat. 413 (1928); ch. 335 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1929
  • 04/10/1928

Topic

  • Museum finance
  • Cooperation
  • Finance
  • Secretaries
  • Ethnology
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Research

Place

North America

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 413-14

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