2 USC § 151 - Smithsonian Library

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# § 151. Smithsonian Library

August 10, 1846

The library collected by the Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of the Act of , chapter 25, and removed from the building of that institution, with the consent of the Regents thereof, to the Library of Congress, shall, while there deposited, be subject to the same regulations as the Library of Congress, except as hereinafter provided.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 99.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , chapter 25, referred to in text, probably should be , , which was entitled “An Act to establish the ‘Smithsonian Institution’, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men”.

### Codification

R.S. § 99 derived from , .