XL ACTS AND KKSUl.iniUNS OF CONORKSS. 



For cmroiit cximmiscs, incliuliii;;- tlie maintenance of collections, food 

 su|>plics, saliirics of all necessary en)i)lo.yees, and tlie ac(|nisition and 

 transjxntation of specimens, tliirtyseven thousand dollars. 



^K(\ L'. That tlje National Zoolopfical Piuk is lieivUy pla(;ed nnder 

 tlir <lircctions of the h'e^^ents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are 

 authorized to transfer to it any liviii<i: specimens, whether of animals 

 or i)lants, now or hereafter in their char^^e. to accept j^ifts for the park 

 at their discretion, in the name of the LTnited States, to niakeex(;lianges 

 of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the ad- 

 vancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people. 



Sec. 3. That the heads of executive departments of the (jovernment 

 are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all neces- 

 sary and practicable aid to the said regents in the acquisition of col- 

 lections for the Zoological Park. 



Approved, April 30, 1890. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



International FAOHANaES: For expenses of the system of inter- 

 national exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, 

 under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries 

 or compensation of all necessary employees, seventeen thousand dol- 

 lars. 



North American ethnology : For continuing ethnological re- 

 sean^hes among the American Indians, under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec- 

 essary employees, forty thousand dollars. 



Khpairs, Smithsonian Puilding: F^or tire proofing the so-called 

 cha])el of the west wing of the Smithsonian Pudding, and for repairing 

 the roof of the main building and the ceiling and plastering of the main 

 Hall of the building, twenty-five thousand dollars, said work to be done 

 nnder the supervision of the Archite(;t of the Cai)itol, with the approval 

 of the Regents of the Snuthsonian Institution, and no portion of the 

 appropriation to be used for sky-lights in the roof nor for well-hole in 

 the lloor ot the main building. 



UNDER THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AS DI- 

 RECTOR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Heating and lighting: For expense of heating, lighting, elec- 

 trical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for the ^S'ational Museum, 

 twelve thousand dollars. 



PRHSKKVATION OF COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM : 



For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collec- 

 tions from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the government, 

 and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all neces- 

 sarp employees, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. 



Furniture and fixtures of the National xMuseum: For 

 cases, furnittire, fixtures, and appliances reipiired for the exhibition 

 and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty-five thou- 

 sand dollars. 



Postage fou the National IMuseim: For i)ostage stamps and 

 foreign i)ostal cards lor the National .AInseum, live hundred dollars. 



PRiNTiN(; F()i{ the National Muset^m: For the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, tor printing labels and blanks for the use of the National 



