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20 U.S.C. § 76aaSite for museum and sculpture garden

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-788 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 152 words · no verdicts yet

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Two specific plots of land on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. are set aside for the Smithsonian: one for a museum, one for a sculpture garden, both for showing artwork. The Smithsonian's Board of Regents can clear the site, design the buildings, and build the museum and garden.

(a) Appropriation and availability: The area bounded by Seventh Street, Independence Avenue, Ninth Street, and Jefferson Drive in Washington, D.C. is set aside permanently for the Smithsonian Institution as the site of a museum. The area bounded by Seventh Street, Jefferson Drive, Ninth Street, and Madison Drive is made available as the permanent site of a sculpture garden. Both areas are meant for exhibiting works of art. (b) Powers and duties of Board of Regents: The Smithsonian's Board of Regents may remove any existing structures on the site, prepare the architectural and engineering designs, plans, and specifications, and build a suitable museum on the part of the area south of Jefferson Drive. The Board may also create a sculpture garden for the Smithsonian's use within the areas described in (a).
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(a) Appropriation and availability

The area bounded by Seventh Street, Independence Avenue, Ninth Street, and Jefferson Drive, in the District of Columbia, is hereby appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution as the permanent site of a museum and the area bounded by Seventh Street, Jefferson Drive, Ninth Street, and Madison Drive, in the District of Columbia is hereby made available to the Smithsonian Institution as the permanent site of a sculpture garden, both areas to be used for the exhibition of works of art.

(b) Powers and duties of Board of Regents

The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to remove any existing structure, to prepare architectural and engineering designs, plans, and specifications, and to construct a suitable museum within said area lying south of Jefferson Drive and to provide a sculpture garden for the use of the Smithsonian Institution within the areas designated in subsection (a) of this section.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–788, § 1, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1403.)

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  • 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-788 · 80 Stat. 1403

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