§ 76cc. — Board of Trustees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC76cc]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER VI--JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
Sec. 76cc. Board of Trustees
(a) Establishment; powers and duties
There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a Board of
Trustees to be known as the Trustees of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden, which shall provide advice and assistance to the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution on all matters relating
to the administration, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; and which shall have
the sole authority (i) to purchase or otherwise acquire (whether by
gift, exchange, or other means) works of art for the Joseph H. Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden, (ii) to loan, exchange, sell, or otherwise
dispose of said works of art, and (iii) to determine policy as to the
method of display of the works of art contained in said museum and
sculpture garden.
(b) Membership; appointment; terms of office; vacancies
The Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Chief Justice of the
United States and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who
shall serve as ex officio members, and eight general members to be
appointed as follows: Four of the general members first taking office
shall be appointed by the President of the United States from among
nominations submitted by Joseph H. Hirshhorn and four shall be appointed
by the President from among nominations submitted by the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. The general members so appointed
by the President shall have terms expiring one each on July 1, 1968,
1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975, as designated by the
President. Successor general members (who may be elected from among
members whose terms have expired) shall serve for a term of six years,
except that a successor chosen to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration of the term of office of his predecessor shall be chosen only
for the remainder of such term. Vacancies occurring among general
members of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden shall be filled by a vote of not less than four-fifths
of the then acting members of the Board of Trustees.
(Pub. L. 89-788, Sec. 3, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1404.)
