...1990 346 14,638 ABSTRACT - Since 1889, the National Zoological Park's (NZP) primary mission has been the advancement of science and the Instruction and recreation of the people. The Zoo's live collection, open to the public, occupies 163 acres at Rock Creek Park In Vashlngton,...

...On March 2. t889. Congress passed a bill authorizing the establishment of a national zoological park "for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.''49 As described by Smithsonian secretary SP Langley. the new zoo would serve as a "refuge...

...the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized... to administer and improve the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." Public Law 101-512 making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for...

...the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized... to administer and improve the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." 2. by contract or otherwise. Wording for clarification only. 3. to remain available until expended....

...the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized. ..to administer and improve the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." Public Law 101-512 making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for...

...the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized...to administer and improve the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.” Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004, (Public Law 108-108) established...

...Congress in 1889 and joined to the Smithsonian Institution a year later, was formed with the purpose of "the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." The zoo emerged in Rock Creek Park in the city's center thanks to the efforts of Hornaday, Smithsonian...

...present director is CG Abbot. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. The National Zoological Park was establisheu by Congress in 1890 for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people, and incidentally to secure the preservation of such American animals as were upon the verge of extinction....

...significant improvement in the National Zoological Park, in keeping with its statutory purpose since 1890, "for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." Planning funds in the amount of $85,000 are included for the National Zoological Park in the District...

...name of the United States, to make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people. SEC. 3. That the heads of the executive departments of the Government are hereby authorized and directed...