20 U.S.C. § 44 — Organization of board; expenses; gratuitous services

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-551 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 187 words · no verdicts yet

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The Smithsonian's Board of Regents meets in Washington to elect a chancellor and a Secretary. Members form a three-member executive committee and need eight regents for a quorum. Regents get their travel expenses paid, but their service itself is unpaid.

The Board of Regents meets in Washington, D.C. There, it elects one of its own members to serve as chancellor — the Board's presiding officer, known as the chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution. It also elects a suitable person to serve as Secretary of the institution, who also acts as secretary of the Board. The Board elects three of its own members to serve as an executive committee, and it sets the schedule for its regular meetings. If any three regents ask the Secretary to call a special meeting, the Secretary must do so and must notify every member by letter. Eight members are needed for a quorum to do business at any meeting. Each regent is paid back for their necessary travel and other actual expenses when attending meetings. The executive committee audits these expenses, and the Secretary of the Board records them. But beyond reimbursed expenses, a regent's service is unpaid — they receive no salary for serving.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Board of Regents shall meet in the city of Washington and elect one of their number as chancellor, who shall be the presiding officer of the Board of Regents, and called the chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, and a suitable person as Secretary of the institution, who shall also be the secretary of the Board of Regents. The board shall also elect three of their own body as an executive committee, and shall fix the time for the regular meetings of the board; and, on application of any three of the regents to the Secretary of the institution, it shall be his duty to appoint a special meeting of the Board of Regents, of which he shall give notice, by letter, to each of the members; and, at any meeting of the board, eight shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each member of the board shall be paid his necessary traveling and other actual expenses, in attending meetings of the board, which shall be audited by the executive committee, and recorded by the Secretary of the board; but his service as regent shall be gratuitous.

Source credit: (R.S. § 5582; Pub. L. 91–551, § 1(d), Dec. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 1440.)

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1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-551 · 84 Stat. 1440

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