26 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
Finance CoMMITTEE 
Secretary of the Treasury, ex officio, John W. Snyder, Chairman. 
Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 
Chester Dale. 
Paul Mellon. 
AcQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 
Samuel H. Kress, Chairman. 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice Chairman. 
Duncan Phillips. 
Chester Dale. 
David E. Finley, ex officio. 
On June 30, 1949, the Government employees on the staff of the 
National Gallery of Art totaled 309, as compared with 312 employees 
as of June 30, 1948. The United States Civil Service regulations 
govern the appointment of employees paid from appropriated public 
funds. 
Throughout the year a high standard of operation has been main- 
tained by all departments of the Gallery in the protection of the 
Gallery’s collections of works of art and the maintenance of the 
Gallery building and grounds. 
APPROPRIATIONS 
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1949, the Congress of the United 
States appropriated for the National Gallery of Art the sum of 
$1,073,500 to be used for salaries and expenses in the operation and 
upkeep of the Gallery, the protection and care of works of art, and 
administrative and other expenses. This amount includes the regu- 
lar appropriation of $966,000, and a supplemental appropriation of 
$107,500. The supplemental appropriation was made to provide 
$4,600 to meet in part an increase in the rates for electric current, 
which could not be foreseen by the Gallery and estimated for at the 
time the 1949 budget was submitted to the Congress; and the bal- 
ance of $102,900 was necessary to meet the pay increases, effective 
July 11, 1948, amounting to $330 per annum to each employee as 
authorized by Public Law 900, Eightieth Congress. 
From these appropriations the following expenditures and encum- 
brances were incurred: 
IRETSOMS SOR 1COS ure cee a eae ere ee ee ee a er eee $940, 100. 00 
Printingvand: pinging see ae a ee ee ee ee eee 6, 626. 95 
Supplies equipment et Cae eee ar 126, 739. 30 
Unobligated balances. = secsc eta eee ee ee ee 33. 75 
otal 22= Eh dS es I SS ee i es a A Sn 1, 073, 500. 00 
