(2) Purchase of Lands for State Common Schools (Chapter 54, February 14, 1913.) For the purchase of Indian lands to be donated to the several states named for common schools: Sixteenth and thirty-sixth section in each township, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota (3) Bureau of Education $180,000 (Chapter 142, March 4, 1913; Chapter 3, June 23, 1913.) 101,000 $7,745,945 Howard University (Chapter 3, June 23, 1913) (Chapter 142, March 4, 1913; Chapter 3, June 23, 1913.) 1 Transferred to Department of Labor, Chapter 141, Sixty-second Congress, Third Session. March 4, 1913. National Zoological Park (one-half to be paid by District of Columbia) Purchase of additional lands Printing and Binding (j) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 32,000 42,000 7,500 13,000 412,500 15,000 100,000 107,200 76,200 $805,400 (Chapter 150, March 4, 1913.) Of the appropriation, $3,163,640, one-half is payable by the General Government, i.e. $1,581,820, and one-half by the District of Columbia. 1 Name changed to, from Reform School for Girls of District of Columbia, Chapter 182, 62d Congress, June 26, 1912. 2. Special Appropriations by the United States Government to National and International Congresses. Scientific Associations, etc., for fiscal year ending June 30, 19141 International Geodetic Association International Bureau of Weights and Measures International Prison Commission International Institute of Agriculture International Railway Congress $ 1,500.00 2,895.00 2,000.00 13,400.00 400.00 International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 1,250.00 International Arbitration Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for the Promotion of International Congress on Alcoholism Participation in Panama-Pacific International Exposition International Bureau for the Suppression of the African 125.00 aries and expenses) Canadian Boundary Waters Commission (one-half of sal 1 This tabulation does not include the cost of the issuance of the reports of different organizations and associations which have received special consideration in their articles of incorporation or otherwise. By the publication of the proceedings, reports, monographs, etc., the federal government grants a substantial annual aid to the American Historical Association, the National Academy of Science, and a number of other organizations. Fiftieth Anniversary, Battle of Gettysburg, Transportation of Civil War Soldiers United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation, Railroad Controversies Commission of Fine Arts Commission on Industrial Relations Lincoln Memorial Commission International Waterways Commission Commission to Study European Rural Credits $ 4,000.00 25,000.00 5,000.00 100,000.00 300,000.00 15,000.00 25,000.00 3. Appropriations for the United States Department of Agriculture for fiscal year ending June 30, 1914 (Chapter 145, March 4, 1913; Chapter 3, June 23, 1913.) II. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION By the terms of the bequest of an Englishman, James Smithson (1765-1829), the United States, in 1846, received in trust property amounting to nearly three quarters of a million dollars for the founding of "an Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." Under this trust Congress established the Smithsonian Institution, which was placed in charge of a board of regents composed of the Vice President and Chief Justice of the United States, three members of the |