38 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



ACQUISITIONS COitillTTEE 



David K. E. Bruce. 

 Duncan Phillips. 

 Joseph B. Widener. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 David E. Finley. 



Other standing committees appointed by the Board during the 

 year: A committee to make recommendations as to the acceptance 

 or rejection of gifts of property other than works of art, monies, 

 and securities; a committee on public relations; and a committee on 

 the building. 



During the first half of the year all of the civil service positions 

 for the Gallery staff had been classified and by March 1, 1941, prac- 

 tically all of the initial staff of the Gallery, including the curatorial, 

 clerical, custodial, and maintenance personnel had been employed. 

 On June 30, 1941, 229 civil service employees were on the Gallery 

 staff. Among such employees were the chief docent, the librarian, 

 and the registrar. 



The cataloging of the works of art was completed so that it was 

 possible to issue the first catalog of the National Gallery by March 

 17, 1941, the date of the opening. 



The guard force was organized to assure not only efficiency in 

 the protection of the works of art and of the building and grounds, 

 but also to assure a high quality of service to the public. 



APrROPRIATIONS 



For salaries and expenses, for the upkeep and operation of the 

 National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

 therein, and all administrative expenses incident thereto, as author- 

 ized by the act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the 

 public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Pub. Res. No. 9, 76th Cong.), 

 there was appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, the 

 sum of $533,300. Of the $300,000 appropriated by Congress for 

 the period July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941 (54 Stat. 137), $298,543.14 

 was expended or encumbered, in the following detailed amounts, for 

 personal services, printing and binding, and supplies and equipment, 

 leaving an unencumbered appropriation of $1,456.86. This appropri- 

 ation was based, of course, upon part-year operation and expendi- 

 tures were made therefrom as follows : 



EXPENDITUEES AND ENCUMBRANCES 



Personal services 171, 786. 18 



Printing and binding 7, 352. 51 



Supplies and equipment 119,404.45 



Total $298, 543. 14 



