An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes

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Summary

The sum of $19,500 is appropriated for rent of rooms in the Union Building for the Patent Office model exhibit. A commission is created to consist of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Patents, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The commission shall determine which of the models of the Patent Office may be of possible benefit to patentees or of historical value. Any models this selected shall be cared for in the new National Museum building and the remainder of said models shall be disposed of by sale, gift, or otherwise as the Commissioner of Patents, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall determine.

Subject

  • United States Patent Office
  • Patent Office Building (POB)
  • United States Dept. of the Interior
  • United States National Museum

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 35 Stat. 184
  • Title 35, Patents
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

35 Stat. 184 (1908); ch. 186 (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1909
  • 5/22/1908

Topic

  • Museum finance
  • Finance
  • Exhibitions
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Administrative agencies

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 184, 229

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