 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--CHARTER PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 53a. Authorization of appropriations

    Appropriations are authorized for the maintenance of the 
Astrophysical Observatory and the making of solar observations at high 
altitudes; for repairs and alterations of buildings and grounds occupied 
by the Smithsonian Institution in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere; and for preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and 
illustrations for publications.

(Aug. 22, 1949, ch. 494, Sec. 2, 63 Stat. 623.)
