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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 35-37. 1894. 4] be deposited in Rock Creek or the Potomac River or any of its tributaries within the District of Columbia, or into any pipe or conduit leading to the same; and any one guilty of violating this section shall, Pvvalfy- on conviction, as provided in section two of this act, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every day during which said violation shall continue, to be prosecuted for and recovered as provided in the preceding section. Approved, March 12, 1894. CHAP. 36.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish the Smith- Mm-ch 12, iss;. sonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men," being Tw title seventy-three of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Revised Statutes, sgmmsmnm. rmstitle seventy-three, being a re-enactment of “An Act to establish the °“{Qf’§_· TM Lum Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge P-1082: ’ among men,” approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, v°"°*"‘ 1°2‘ be, and the same is hereby, amended so that section fifty-five hundred and seventy-nine shall read as follows:

  • ‘SEc. 5579. That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Jus- t{l¤g·¤·¤r¤ of rho 1¤-

tice, and the heads of Executive Departments are hereby constituted ° n. siilbsc. sm, p. an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution for the 1°*“·*¤*°¤**¤•*- ` increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession with the powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other." And be further amended by striking out of section fifty-five hundred mgmt. and eighty the words “ the governor of the District of Columbia." mfg ,€,;;,§§°,,;,_““°* P· And be further amended by adding to section fifty-tive hundred and ninety-one as follows: “Pro*vided, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the power Ligligfticn of fund of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by "Yf S__‘,,,c_ 55% ,,_ gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in promo- 1°*’~*·¤¤·¤¤•*¤d- tion of the purposes thereof? Approved, March 12, 1894. CHAP. 37.-An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies Much 12. im. in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,eighteen hundred and """‘··*···—·~·· l\l!l8$y- Oui', 8Dd {0I' Pl'l0l' YCBIB, Bhd foI' 0Uh0l' ])Ill'p0SBS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, _P‘,[j°!;:,;,§:'§:*°¤°*°° and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treas- ` ury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. ,_,,£*;··¤¤ °·¤··**· ENFORCEMENT or THE CHINESE ExcLUs1oN AGT: To prevent C*‘*"°°° °‘°"'°*°"- unlawful entry of Chinese into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto, and for expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons found to be nnlaw- — fully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and _ actual expense of conveyance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard for deportation, fifty thousand dollars. CUNTINGENT EXPENSES, INDEPENDENT TREASURY: For contingent §S‘g_*'*I’;§,;P';;dj,f£ expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and iiieuiq. fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the col- R-S·····=-=¤5¤·v~'¤¤- Iection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money,