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 78 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 172, 173. 1890. °*P** *“ "°°* '¤· Sec. 3. That said company is authorized to increase its capital speck pp; hundred Xapddsevelnty-five thpusand dollass ger tlalp purpose 0 cna' ittoe n an equi its ineasprovide in isac . ,,0‘,{,f’ ‘“‘ Sec. 4. That unless said extengions are commenced within three noxiths and lthe caps I‘I1lI1 Ehereon wit% on? ZH0a}; fron:1 the pasigzgze otisacteau ori ereingran s voi: ·, ‘ ` ,.,1.`{{’.{"‘ °“*"°°l‘"‘°" Qfliagtsaid ]<§ompai;1yf2hall7h(1v2ron1e_year to agomplete tl; North Capi- 0 ree ranc a ersa.1 s ee ISO n an grad . 's act. v°"°·"·’°°* Sec. 6. This act shall be considered as an amendment to the act of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, granting _ a charter to the Eckington and S0ldiers’ Home Railroad, and sha u;’n_“"°*'* °°”"'“°‘ be construed as being subject to all limitations and conditions of said original act except as specifically provided otherwise herein. - That the authority of said company by this act or any other act con- “Y;$,g£*h°°d ferred to erect or use overhead wires in its operations within the c1ty ` of Washington shall absolutely cease and determine on the first day of July, anno Domino eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved, April 30, 1890. A¤ri1w.l¤0. NCFAP. 113.TAn1;£]{ort.lreorgsnization, improvement, and maintenance of the Se it enacted by the Senate and House ofRef1re.s·entatives of the Umwd States of America in Congress assemble, That the one-half of the following sums named, respectivelg, is hereby appropriated, ‘ out of anylmoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and nm um mn-n the other alf out of the revenues of the District otp Columbia, for '"°"°°°‘ the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of the regents . of the Smithsonian Institution, and to be drawnon their requisition ang displurqlecltby the disbpisirégtofiicei for saédlipptitution: snsxmormmm or ese ero anim, eentousan no ars. c""°dY°'¤*¤>¤*¤- For shelter-barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and other pro~ visions for the custodg of animals, nine thousand dollars. £.fLPmmH°ltm¤‘ For repairs to the olt mansion, to make the same suitable for occupancy, and for office furniture, two thousand dollars. M¤¤¤f~¤v¤¤d¤.¤¤=· Foxgahetcreaitlion of aérgiipial ponds and other provisions for aquatic an1m s, wo thousand dollars. WM •¤m>1y.e¤¤. For water supply, sewerage, and drainage, seven thousand dollars. R¤•d¤.m. For roads, wa ks, and bridges, fifteen thousand dollars. Mlscelhneou mp For miscellaneous upplies, materials, and sundrly incidental ex- ’"“·°"°‘ penses not otherwise provided for, five thousand do lars. °¤¤‘¤¤*¤v¤¤¤¤¤~ For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food supplies, salaries of all necessary employees, and the acqpisi- _ tion an transportation of s ecimens, thirty-seven thousand dollars. ,,,}],'g}’g’,f,, Sec. 2. That the Nationa1pZoolo ical Park is hereby placed under summon. the directions of the regents of die Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to trans er to it any living slpecimens, whether of animals or lplants, now or hereafter in their c arge. to accept gifts for the par at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Fark goplfhe adqancement of science and the instruction and recrea- _ ion o e op e. E*§gF*,*;Y: Sec. 3. Thgt the heads of executive departments of the Governden-dd. ment are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and fpracticable aid to the said regents in the acquisition of collections or the Zoological Park. Approved, April 30, 1890.
 * '°°"°'°°°°’°°°‘ th§EC. 5. That Congress reserves the rlitght to alter, amend or repeal