Congress Orders Statement of Expenditures

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Summary

The United States Congress orders the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to submit at the beginning of each session a detailed statement of expenditures, under appropriations for "International Exchanges," "North American Ethnology," and the "National Museum."

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology
  • International Exchange Service (IES)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 840.
  • 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. 1267.

Contact information

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

Date

October 2, 1888

Topic

  • Finance
  • Secretaries
  • Annual Reports
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Management
  • Exchanges, Literary and scientific

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