Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§55 Acceptance of Other Sums
Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER I — CHARTER PROVISIONS › § 55
Summary
Lets the Treasury accept money the Regents put in so the total with James Smithson's gift does not exceed $1,000,000. It doesn't limit the Smithsonian from getting or using other gifts or property.
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Title 20, §55
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The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the same terms as the original bequest of James Smithson, such sums as the Regents may, from time to time, see fit to deposit, not exceeding, with the original bequest, the sum of $1,000,000. This shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5591 derived from act Feb. 5, 1867, ch. 34, § 1, 14 Stat. 391.
Amendments
1894—Act Mar. 12, 1894, made limitation on deposits into the Treasury inapplicable to receipt of gifts, bequests and devises and dispositions of money or other property.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 55
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102