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2 U.S.C. § 157Funds of Library of Congress Trust Fund Board; management of

submitted 101 years ago by ch. 423 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 194 words · no verdicts yet

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The Treasury Secretary receives and invests the Library of Congress trust funds as the Board directs. Income goes into a special account for the Library, which the Librarian can spend for its intended purpose. The Board cannot run a business, vote company shares, or make investments a D.C. trust company could not legally make, except investments a gift specifically allows.

The money or securities that make up the trust funds given to the Board are received by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary invests, reinvests, or holds these investments as the Board decides from time to time. As the income comes in, it is deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, who records it in a special account credited to the Library of Congress. This money can then be spent by the Librarian, for whatever purpose was specified for each gift. The Treasurer is authorized to honor the Librarian's requests for this money, following whatever manner and regulations the Treasurer sets. There are limits on the Board, though. The Board cannot run any business. It cannot exercise any voting rights that might come attached to securities it holds. And it cannot make any investment that a trust company in the District of Columbia could not legally make — except for two things: investments the original gift document specifically allows, and keeping investments the Board already accepted.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The moneys or securities composing the trust funds given or bequeathed to the board shall be receipted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall invest, reinvest, or retain investments as the board may from time to time determine. The income as and when collected shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, who shall enter it in a special account to the credit of the Library of Congress and subject to disbursement by the librarian for the purposes in each case specified; and the Treas­urer of the United States is authorized to honor the requisitions of the librarian made in such manner and in accordance with such regulations as the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe: Provided, however, That the board is not authorized to engage in any business nor to exercise any voting privilege which may be incidental to securities in its hands, nor shall the board make any investments that could not lawfully be made by a trust company in the District of Columbia, except that it may make any investments directly authorized by the instrument of gift, and may retain any investments accepted by it.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2, formerly § 1, 43 Stat. 1107, renumbered Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205.)

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  • 1925Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423 · 43 Stat. 1107

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 423 on 1925-03-03.

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