20 U.S.C. § 75e — Powers of Board
submitted 64 years ago by Pub. L. 87-443 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 122 words · no verdicts yet
To run the National Portrait Gallery, the Board can buy, accept, borrow, or otherwise get portraits, statues, and related items, choosing them for historical interest, artistic merit, or the subject's importance. It can also preserve, restore, display, lend, store, or dispose of these items, and can add period furniture to enhance displays.
For carrying out the Gallery's authorized functions under section 75b of this title, the Board* may:
(1) Purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire portraits, statues, and other items to preserve, exhibit, or study. The Board can pick items based on general historical interest, artistic merit, the historical importance of the person shown, or any mix of these factors. It may also acquire period furniture and similar items to improve how it displays its portraits and statues.
(2) Preserve or restore any item it acquires under (1).
(3) Display, lend, store, or otherwise hold any such item.
(4) Sell, exchange, donate, return, or otherwise dispose of any such item.
For the purpose of carrying out any function authorized by section 75b of this title, the Board* may—
purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire portraiture*, statuary, and other items for preservation, exhibition, or study. The Board may acquire any such item on the basis of its general historical interest, its artistic merit, or the historical significance of the individual to which it relates, or any combination of any such factors. The Board may acquire period furniture and other items to enhance its displays of portraiture and statuary.
preserve or restore any item acquired pursuant to paragraph (1).
display, loan, store, or otherwise hold any such item.
sell, exchange, donate, return, or otherwise dispose of any such item.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–443, § 6, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 63.)
- 1962Enacted · Pub. L. 87-443 · 76 Stat. 63
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-443 on 1962-04-27.
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