§ 57. — Disbursements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC57]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER I--CHARTER PROVISIONS
Sec. 57. Disbursements
Whenever money is required for the payment of the debts or
performance of the contracts of the institution, incurred or entered
into in conformity with the provisions of sections 41 to 46, 48, 50, 51
to 53, 54 to 57, and 67 of this title, or for making the purchases and
executing the objects authorized by said sections, the Board of Regents,
or the executive committee thereof, may certify to the chancellor and
secretary of the board that such sum of money is required, whereupon
they shall examine the same, and, if they shall approve thereof, shall
certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury for payment. The
board shall submit to Congress, at each session thereof, a report of the
operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution.
(R.S. Sec. 5593.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 5593 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, Sec. 3, 9
Stat. 103.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this
section relating to submitting a report to Congress at each session of
Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a
note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 192 of
House Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 67 of this title.
