Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on House AdministrationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - Election law |
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... increase its activities . The Congress cannot judge the relative merits of all these bills with- out a clear picture of what the Smithsonian is in the context of the total effort in this country in the area of art , history , the ...
... increase its activities . The Congress cannot judge the relative merits of all these bills with- out a clear picture of what the Smithsonian is in the context of the total effort in this country in the area of art , history , the ...
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... increase and diffu- sion of knowledge among men . ” These are the exact words and the only words James Smithson employed to give direction to the institution that today bears his name . Smithson died in Genoa , Italy , some three years ...
... increase and diffu- sion of knowledge among men . ” These are the exact words and the only words James Smithson employed to give direction to the institution that today bears his name . Smithson died in Genoa , Italy , some three years ...
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... increase , and , second , to diffuse knowledge among men . Increase meant original investigations or research in any field , inasmuch as Smithson's will did not define or restrict fields of knowledge . As Henry expressed it " Smithson ...
... increase , and , second , to diffuse knowledge among men . Increase meant original investigations or research in any field , inasmuch as Smithson's will did not define or restrict fields of knowledge . As Henry expressed it " Smithson ...
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... increase and diffusion of knowledge " of a world - wide benefit " and not spent on caretaking or maintenance of museum property and collections . ( b ) But if the Congress wished the Smithsonian to take on the public responsi- bility ...
... increase and diffusion of knowledge " of a world - wide benefit " and not spent on caretaking or maintenance of museum property and collections . ( b ) But if the Congress wished the Smithsonian to take on the public responsi- bility ...
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... increase and diffusion of knowledge have , with the consent of the Board of Regents , been legislated and supported ... increasing funds by the Congress for construction and finally , in the current fiscal year , for the operations and ...
... increase and diffusion of knowledge have , with the consent of the Board of Regents , been legislated and supported ... increasing funds by the Congress for construction and finally , in the current fiscal year , for the operations and ...
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activities Administration agencies Air and Space American appropriation approved authorized BINGHAM biology Board of Regents BRADEMAS BRADLEY budget building Bureau Chairman Committee Congress construction contract cost Department Dillon Ripley Director ecological employees equipment exhibits facilities Federal fiscal Foundation Gallery of Art gift Hirshhorn Museum History and Technology James Smithson Joseph H Kennedy Center Laboratory Mall ment million Museum and Sculpture Museum of History Museum of Natural National Air National Collection National Museum National Portrait Gallery National Science Foundation Natural History Observatory Office operation organisms paintings personnel plans President private funds purchase Radiation Biology radio radio astronomy record request SCHWENGEL scientific scientists Sculpture Garden Secretary Senator Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution Building sonian Space Museum specific staff statement subcommittee Supply Division systematic taxonomic THOMPSON TIAA tion United University Washington
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Page 368 - States as ex-officio members, three members of the Senate, three members of the House of Representatives, and six citizens, two of whom shall be resident in the City of Washington and the other four shall be inhabitants of some state, but no two of them of the same state.
Page 388 - ... effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and other assets for which the agency is responsible, including appropriate internal audit...
Page 7 - And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology made by the coast and interior survey, the geological survey, or by any other parties, for the government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum.
Page 511 - Act of 1949, as amended, and is authorized, subject to the civil-service laws, to employ such other officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out its functions under this Act, and fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 447 - No officer or employee of the United States shall make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein; nor shall any such officer, or employee involve the Government in any contract or other obligation, for the payment of money for any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Page 292 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.
Page 292 - Each such obligation shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average rate on outstanding...
Page 5 - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 522 - Regents may employ such other officers and employees as may be necessary for the efficient administration, operation and maintenance of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Page 519 - An act to provide for the establishment, maintenance and support of a bureau, to be known as the State Mining Bureau, and for the appointment and duties of a board of trustees, to be known as the board of trustees of the State Mining Bureau...