An Act To authorize the Smithsonian Institution to purchase land in Santa Cruz County, Arizona

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Summary

The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to purchase land in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, for the permanent headquarters of the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. There is authorized to be appropriated $150,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Subject

  • Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-
  • Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 97 Stat. 406
  • Title 20, Education
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

97 Stat. 406 (1983); Pub. L. No. 98-73 (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1985
  • 08/11/1983

Topic

  • Museum finance
  • Observatories
  • Finance
  • Acquisition of property
  • Expenditures, Public

Place

Santa Cruz County (Ariz.)

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 406

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