An Act Authorizing the Smithsonian Institution to extend the Natural History Building and authorizing as appropriation therefor, and for other purposes

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Summary

The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to extend the Natural History Building of the United States National Museum by additions on the east and west ends in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. The sum of $6,500,000 is authorized for this purpose.

Subject

  • United States Commission of Fine Arts
  • United States National Museum
  • Natural History Building

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 46 Stat. 785
  • Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Notes

These funds were authorized but not appropriated at this time. The wings were not actually constructed until the 1960s, when appropriations were received.

Contained within

46 Stat. 785 (1930); ch. 539 (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1931
  • 06/19/1930

Topic

  • Museum finance
  • Architecture
  • Finance
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Construction (Buildings)
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page Number: 785

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