An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for other purposes

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Summary

The sum of $334,651 is appropriated for the National Zoological Park for; personal services; erecting and repairing buildings; care and improvement of grounds; travel; purchase and transportation of specimens; maintenance of one passenger-carrying vehicle; purchase and exchange of bicycles, motorcycles, revolvers, and ammunition; purchase of uniforms and equipment for police and uniforms for keepers; books and periodicals; and printing and binding. No part of this sum shall be available for architect's fees or compensation.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 58 Stat. 509
  • Title 20, Education, Chapter 4
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

58 Stat. 509 (1944); ch. 300 (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1945
  • 06/28/1944

Topic

  • Printing
  • Description and travel
  • Books and reading
  • Architecture
  • Finance
  • Officials and employees
  • Firearms
  • Grounds maintenance
  • Uniforms
  • Museum finance
  • Animals
  • Zoo keepers
  • Ammunition
  • Bicycles
  • Bookbinding
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Periodicals
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Salaries
  • Watchmen
  • Books
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
  • Officials and employees--Salaries
  • Travel

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 509, 530

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