Government Accountability Office

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 47

for publication of the results of the

Expedition. Expansion of the Patent

Off‌ice in 1849 necessitated f‌inding a new

location for the botanical collections.

The act of May 15, 1850 (9 Stat.

427), provided for the relocation of the

Botanic Garden under the direction of

the Joint Committee on the Library. The

site selected was on the National Mall

at the west end of the Capitol Grounds,

practically the same site the Garden

occupied during the period it functioned

under the Columbian Institute. This

site was later enlarged, and the main

area continued to serve as the principal

Garden site from 1850 to 1933, when the

Garden was relocated to its present site.

Although the Government had

assumed responsibility for the

maintenance and stewardship of the plant

collection in 1842, the two functions

were divided between the Commissioner

of Public Buildings and the Joint

Committee on the Library, respectively.

In 1856, in recognition of their

increasing stature, the collections and

their associated operations and facilities

were off‌icially named the United States

Botanic Garden, and the Joint Committee

on the Library assumed jurisdiction over

both its direction and maintenance (11

Stat. 104). An annual appropriation has

been provided by Congress since 1856.

Presently, the Joint Committee on the

Library has supervision over the USBG

through the Architect of the Capitol, who

has held the title of Acting Director since

1934.

For further information concerning the United States Botanic Garden, contact the Public Program Division,

245 First Street SW., Washington,DC 20024. Phone, 202–225–8333. Plant Hotline, 202–226–4785. Email,

usbg@aoc.gov. Internet, http://www.usbg.gov.

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