8 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1937 



future additions to the National Gallery of Art. The project shall be in ac- 

 cordance with plans and specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. 



Sec. 2. (a) There is hereby established in the Smithsonian Institution a bu- 

 reau, which shall be directed by a board to be known as the Trustees of the 

 National Gallery of Art, whose duty it shall be to maintain and administer the 

 National Gallery of Art and site thereof and to execute such other functions as 

 are vested in the board by this Act, Tlie board shall be composed as follows : 

 The Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, ex oflScio; and 

 five general trustees who shall be citizens of the United States, to be chosen as 

 hereinafter provided. No oflScer or employee of the Federal Government shall 

 be eligible to be chosen as a general trustee. 



(b) The general trustees first taking oflice shall be chosen by the Board of 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to the approval of the donor, 

 and shall have terms expiring one each on July 1 of 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, and 

 1947, as designated by the Board of Regents. A successor shall be chosen by 

 a majority vote of the general trustees and shall have a term expiring ten years 

 from the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor ^♦as 

 chosen, except that a successor chosen to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 

 expiration of such term shall be chosen only for the remainder of such term. 



Sec. 3. Upon completion of the National Gallery of Art, the board shall accept 

 for the Smithsonian Institution as a gift from the donor a collection of works 

 of art which shall be housed and exhibited in the National Gallery of Art. 



Sec. 4. (a) The faith of the United States is pledged that, on completion of 

 the National Gallery of Art by the donor in accordance with the terms of this 

 Act and the accpiisitiou from the donor of the collection of works of art, the 

 United States will provide such funds as may be necessary for the upkeep of 

 the National Gallery of Art and the administrative expenses and costs of opera- 

 tion thereof, including the protection and care of works of art acquired by the 

 board, so tliat the National Gallery of Art shall be at all times properly main- 

 tained and the works of art contained therein shall be exhibited regularly to the 

 general public free of charge. For these purposes there are hereby authorized to 

 be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. 



(b) The board is authorized to accept for the Smithsonian Institution and to 

 hold and administer gifts, bequests, or devises of money, securities, or other 

 property of whatsoever character for the benefit of the National Gallery of Art. 

 Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift, bequest, or devise, the board 

 is authorized to sell or exchange and to invest or reinvest in such investments 

 as it may determine from time to time the moneys, securities, or other property 

 composing trust funds given, bequeathed, or devised to or for the benefit of the 

 National Gallery of Art. The income as and when collected shall be placed in 

 such depositaries as the board shall determine and shall be subject to expendi- 

 ture by the board. 



(c) The board shall appoint and fix the compensation and duties of a director, 

 an assistant director, a secretary, and a chief curator of the National Gallery of 

 Art, and of such other officers and employees of the National Gallery of Art as 

 may be necessary for the efllcient administration of the functions of the board. 

 Such director, assistant director, secretary, and chief curator shall be compen- 

 sated from trust funds available to the board for the purpose, and their appoint- 

 ment and salaries shall not be subject to the civil-service laws or the Classifica- 

 tion Act of 1923, as amended. The director, assistant director, secretary, and 

 chief curator shall be well qualified by experience and training to perform the 



