1996 U.S. Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3 - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER I - CHARTER PROVISIONS
Sec. 42 - Board of Regents; members
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 3 - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES SUBCHAPTER I - CHARTER PROVISIONS Sec. 42 - Board of Regents; members |
| Contains | section 42 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §5580; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41; Dec. 15, 1970, Pub. L. 91-551, §1(a), 84 Stat. 1439. |
| Statutes at Large References | 9 Stat. 103 13 Stat. 420 17 Stat. 1 28 Stat. 41 84 Stat. 1439 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-551 |
§42. Board of Regents; members
The business of the Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and nine other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington, and seven of whom shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.
(R.S. §5580; Mar. 12, 1894, ch. 36, 28 Stat. 41; Dec. 15, 1970, Pub. L. 91–551, §1(a), 84 Stat. 1439.)
CodificationR.S. §5580 derived from acts Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, §3, 9 Stat. 103; Jan. 10, 1865, ch. 11, 13 Stat. 420; Mar. 20, 1871, ch. 1, 17 Stat. 1.
Amendments1970—Pub. L. 91–551 authorized three additional persons on the Board of Regents.
1894—Act Mar. 12, 1894, struck out “the governor of the District of Columbia” after “the Chief Justice of the United States,”.
Cross ReferencesNational Zoological Park, administration by Regents of Smithsonian Institution, see section 81 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title.
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