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# 2 U.S.C. § 2142 - Superintendent of Botanic Garden and greenhouses

## Text

There shall be a superintendent and assistants in the Botanical Garden and greenhouses, who shall be under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.

(R.S. § 1827.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 216 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062. R.S. § 1827 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 491.