§ 51. — Library.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC51]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER I--CHARTER PROVISIONS
Sec. 51. Library
The Regents shall make, from the interest of the fund, an
appropriation, not exceeding an average of $25,000 annually, for the
gradual formation of a library composed of valuable works pertaining to
all departments of human knowledge.
(R.S. Sec. 5587.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 5587 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, Sec. 8, 9
Stat. 105.
Public Use of Research and Study Facilities of Certain Institutions
Under provisions of R.S. Sec. 94 and act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 179, 18
Stat. 512, the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress was authorized
to extend the use of the Library to the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution. These provisions were not classified to the Code, being
rendered superfluous by a general declaration of public policy by
Congress, by a joint resolution adopted Apr. 12, 1892, 27 Stat. 395, to
the effect that facilities for study and research in the Library of
Congress, the National Museum, and similar institutions shall be
afforded investigators, students, etc., in the several states and
territories as well as in the District of Columbia.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title.
