2007 U.S. Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3 - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER I - CHARTER PROVISIONS
Sec. 47 - Acting Secretary
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, 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. 47 - Acting Secretary |
| Contains | section 47 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 13, 1884, ch. 44, 23 Stat. 21. |
| Statutes at Large References | 20 Stat. 264 23 Stat. 21 |
§47. Acting Secretary
The chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution may, by an instrument in writing filed in the office of the Secretary thereof, designate and appoint a suitable person to act as Secretary of the Institution when there shall be a vacancy in said office, and whenever the Secretary shall be unable from illness, absence, or other cause to perform the duties of his office; and in such case the person so appointed may perform all the duties imposed on the Secretary by law until the vacancy shall be filled or such inability shall cease. The said chancellor may change such designation and appointment from time to time as the interests of the Institution may in his judgment require.
(May 13, 1884, ch. 44, 23 Stat. 21.)
Prior ProvisionsSimilar prior provisions were contained in act Jan. 24, 1879, ch. 21, 20 Stat. 264.
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