XL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



For curreut expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food 

 supplies, salaries of all necessary employees, and the acquisition and 

 transportation of specimens, thirty-seven thousand dollars. 



Seo. 2. That the ISfational Zoological Park is hereby placed under 

 the directions of the Kegents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are 

 authorized to transfer to it any living specimens, whether of animals 

 or plajits, now or hereafter in their charge, to accept gifts for the park 

 at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to make exchanges 

 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 (rovernment 

 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 exchanges: 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- 

 searches among the American Indians, under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec- 

 essary employees, forty thousand dollars. 



Repairs, Smithsonian Building: For fire proofing the so-called 

 chapel of the west wing of the Smithsonian Building, 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 

 under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval 

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

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

 the floor of the main building. 



under the secretary of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AS Dl- 

 RE(JTOR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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

 trical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for the iSTational Museum, 

 twelve thousand dollars. 



Preservati )n 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 Museum: For 

 cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition 

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

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

 sand dollars. 



Postage for the National Museum: For postage stamps and 

 foreign i^ostal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars. 



Printing for the National Museum: For the Smithsonian In- 

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



