XXVI ORGANIZATION OB^ THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Sec. 5594. Cong-ress may alter, amend, add to, or repeal any of the 

 provisions of this Title; l»ut no contract or individual I'ioht made or 

 ac<iuired under such provisions shall he thereby divested or impaired. ^'^ 



KEFKRENCES. 



August 10, 1846. Act of organization (original). (Statutes, IX, 102.) 

 Februarys, 1859. Amendment (copyrights). (Statutes, XI, 379.) 

 January 10, 1865. Amendment (regents). (Statutes, XIII, 420.) 

 April 5, 1866. Act (transfer of Smithsonian Library). (Statutes, XIV, 13.) 

 February 8, 1867. Amendment (residuary legacy and increase of fund). (Stat- 

 utes, XIV, 391.) 

 March 20, 1871. Amendment (regents). (Statutes, XVl^, 1). 

 June 22, 1874. Act of organization. (Rev. Statutes, XVIII, pt. 1, 1875, 16, 1088.) 

 February 27, 1877. Amendment (establishment). (Statutes, XIX, 253.) 

 March 2, 1877. Act of organization. (Rev. Statutes, XVIII, pt. 1. 2d ed, 1878, 



1082. ) 

 March 3, 1879. Act (free postage). (Statutes, XX, 360, 362.) 

 May 13, 1884. Act (acting secretary). (Statutes, XXIII, 21.) 

 March 3, 1885. Act (printing reports). (Statutes, XXIII, 520.) 

 October 2, 1888. Act (reports of expenditures, exchanges, ethnology, nuiseum). 



(Statutes, XXV, 529.) 

 August 5, 1892. Act (reports of expenditures. Zoological Park). (Statutes, 



XXVII, 360. ) 

 March 12, 1894. Amenchnent (change of membership of "Estal)lishmeut." Power 

 to receive and dispose of money, etc.). (Statutes, XXVIII, 41.) 



*Byactof Congress March 3, 1879, the provisions of the act of March 3, 1877, 

 "for the transmission of official mail matter" were extended to "all official mail 

 matter sent from the Smithsonian Institution," and the Institution was exempted 

 from the limit of fourth-class matter to four pounds for each package. — (Statutes, XX, 

 360, 362. ) 



