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duties of their office and the original appointment to each such office shall be 

 subject to the approval of the donor. 



(d) The actions of the board, including any payment made or directed to be 

 made by it from any trust funds, shall not be subject to review by any officer or 

 agency other than a court of lav(r. 



Sec. 5. (a) The board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall be 

 judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations, as it deems 

 necessary for the administration of its functions under this Act, including, 

 among other matters, bylaws, rules, and regulations relating to the acquisition, 

 exhibition, and loan of works of art, the administration of its trust funds, and 

 the organization and procedure of the board. The board may function notwith- 

 standing vacancies, and three members of the board shall constitute a quorum 

 for the transaction of business. 



(b) In order that the collection of the National Gallery of Art shall always 

 be maintained at a high standard and in order to prevent the introduction therein 

 of inferior works of art, no work of art shall be included in the permanent col- 

 lection of the National Gallery of Art unless it be of similar high standard of 

 quality to those in the collection acquired from the donor. 



(c) The board shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee in 

 respect of all trust funds administered by it and all works of art acquired by it. 



(d) The board shall submit to the Smithsonian Institution an annual report of 

 its operations under this Act, including a detailed statement of all acquisitions 

 and loans of works of art and of all public and private moneys received and 

 disbursed. 



Seo. 6. (a) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby author- 

 ized and directed to close Sixth Street, Northwest, within the boundaries of the 

 site for the National Gallery of Art. The National Capital Park and Planning 

 Commission shall determine the building lines and approve the plan of ap- 

 proaches for said gallery, and shall also make recommendations for the widen- 

 ing and adjustment of Third, Seventh, Ninth, and such other streets in the 

 vicinity as may be necessary and desirable to provide for the traffic which 

 would otherwise use Sixth Street. 



(b) Section 10 of the Public Building Act, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 

 L., p. 881), relating to the George Washington Memorial Building, and all pro- 

 visions of law amendatory thereof, are hereby repealed. 



(c) The existing bureau of the Smithsonian Institution now designated as a 

 national gallery of art shall hereafter be known as the National Collection of 

 Fine Arts. 



(d) The fifth paragraph under the heading "Smithsonian Institution" in the 

 Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1924, approved Feb- 

 ruary 13, 1923 (42 Stat. L. 1235), relating to the erection of a national gallery 

 of art, is hereby repealed. 



Approved, March 24, 1937. 



At a special meeting of the Board of Regents of the Institution held 

 on June 24, 1937, there were submitted copies of a trust indenture 

 between the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and the trustees of the National Gallery 

 of Art. After consideration, the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved: That the trust indenture between the A. W. Mellon Educational 

 and Charitable Trust, the Smithsonian Institution and the trustees of the 

 National Gallery of Art, a draft whereof has been presented at this meeting, 



