24 ANNUA!, REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1960 



ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 



Samuel H. Kress, Chairman. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice Chairman. 



Duncan Phillips, 



Chester Dale. 



David E. Finley, ex ofEcio. 



Perry B. Cott was appointed Assistant Chief Curator on September 1, 

 1949, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Charles Seymour, 

 Jr., which was effective as of August 15, 1949. Mr. Seymour resigned 

 to become associated with Yale University. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, the Congress of the United 

 States appropriated for the National Gallery of Art the sum of 

 $1,114,700 to be used for salaries and expenses in the operation and 

 upkeep of the Gallery, the protection and care of works of art acquired 

 by the Board of Trustees, and all administrative expenses incident 

 thereto as authorized by section 4 (a) of Public Resolution No. 14, 

 Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, approved March 24, 1937 (50 

 Stat. 51). This sum includes the regular appropriation of $1,087,700 

 and a supplemental appropriation of $27,000. The supplemental 

 appropriation was necessitated by the Classification Act of 1949, 

 PubUc Law 429, Eighty-first Congress, effective October 30, 1949, 

 which gave salary advancement to Government employees. 



From these appropriations the following expenditures and en- 

 cumbrances were incurred: 



Personal services $989, 600. 00 



Printing and reproduction 5, 535. 98 



Supplies, equipment, etc 119, 498. 07 



Unobligated balance 65. 95 



Total 1, 114, 700. 00 



In addition to these appropriations the Gallery received from the 

 National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission the sum of $25,000 

 for expenses in connection with the exhibition called "Makers of 

 History in Washington, 1800-1950." The period of the exhibition was 

 from June 29, 1950, to November 19, 1950. As of June 30, 1950, the 

 sum of $13,237.19 had been spent or obligated, leaving a balance of 

 $11,762.81 for operations during the fiscal year 1951. 



ATTENDANCE 



During the fiscal year 1950 there were 2,187,293 visitors to the 

 Gallery, an increase of 657,725 over the attendance for 1949. The 



