§ 92. — Admissions to marine biological station for pursuit of investigations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC92]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 5--GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR RESEARCH, AND
MATERIAL FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 92. Admissions to marine biological station for pursuit of
investigations
The professors, instructors, and students of the several land-grant,
agricultural, and mechanical colleges of the United States shall be
admitted to the marine biological station on the Gulf of Mexico on the
coast of Florida, to pursue such investigation in fish culture and
biology as may be practicable, without cost to the Government, under
such rules and regulations as may be from time to time prescribed by the
Secretary of Interior.
(Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 189, Sec. 2, 36 Stat. 964; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141,
Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 665; 1939
Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat.
1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107,
54 Stat. 1231.)
Codification
Section consists of section 2 of act Mar. 1, 1911. Section 1 thereof
authorizing the establishment of the marine biological station on the
Gulf coast of the State of Florida, referred to in text, on the
condition that the State of Florida donate the necessary land and water
rights, is not classified to the Code. The provisions of said section 1
requiring donation of the required land and water rights by the State
were amended by act Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 665, which
authorized the donation of the required land and water rights by a
corporation, firm, or individual in addition to the State.
Transfer of Functions
Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce which administered
marine biological station referred to in text under supervision of
Secretary of Commerce transferred to Department of the Interior under
direction of Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939,
set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees, and by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5. Bureau of Fisheries consolidated with Bureau of Biological
Survey into Fish and Wildlife Service in Department of the Interior and
under supervision of Secretary of the Interior, which was succeeded by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, see section 742b of Title 16,
Conservation.
``Secretary of Commerce'' substituted in text for ``Secretary of
Commerce and Labor'' pursuant to act Mar. 4, 1913, which changed name of
Department of Commerce and Labor to Department of Commerce.
Station at Sarasota, Florida
The Fish and Wildlife Service established a marine biological
station at Sarasota, Florida, during the year 1948.
Disposal of Station
Secretary of Commerce was authorized to dispose of the marine
biological station at Key West, Fla., by act Apr. 29, 1929, ch. 2, 46
Stat. 2.
Under communication of the Fish and Wildlife Service dated Nov. 12,
1940, it was stated the land on which was situated this station was
reconveyed to the Key West Realty Company by quit claim deed executed by
the Secretary of Commerce.
