20 U.S.C. § 55
Acceptance of other sums
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.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 2001–2019 · leading case: Forman, Paul v. Small, Lawrence M., 271 F.3d 285 (D.C. Cir. 2001).
Forman, Paul v. Small, Lawrence M., 271 F.3d 285 (D.C. Cir. 2001). “1950). Nonetheless, we do not decide the issue.”
Petition of the United States on Behalf & for the Benefit of Smithsonian Inst. (D.D.C. 2019). “Magistrate Judge Harvey rightly concludes that, because the Smithsonian seeks to proceed under section 55 of Title 20 of the United States Code, see 20 U.S.C. § 55 (provision of the Smithsonian charter authorizing the acceptance of money and other property by gift or bequest),…”
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