Amendment to Smithsonian Legislation

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Summary

United States Congress amends the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution by substituting the "Governor of the District of Columbia" for the "Mayor of the City of Washington," as one member of the Board of Regents ex officio.

Subject

  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, 1897, page 838, gives the date as March 15.
  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 59, 838.
  • Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901, p. 689.

Contact information

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

Date

March 20, 1871

Topic

  • Law
  • Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men
  • Governors
  • Mayors
  • Mayors--Washington (D.C.)
  • Legislation
  • Governors--Washington (D.C.)

Place

Washington (D.C.)

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