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Page 647 TITLE 20-EDUCATION -72- [[symbol]] 50 [[left column]] CODIFICATION R.S. [[symbol]]5582 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, [[symbol]]3, 9 Stat. 103. AMENDMENTS 1970-Pub. L. 91-551 increased the number of members required to constitute a quorum from five to eight. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. [[symbol]]45. Special meetings of members The members of the institution may hold stated and special meetings, for the supervision of the affairs of the institution and instruction of the Board of Regents, to be called in the manner provided for in the bylaws of the institution, at which the President, and in his absence the Vice President, shall preside. (R.S. [[symbol]]5585.) CODIFICATION R.S. [[symbol]]5585 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, [[symbol]]8, 9 Stat. 103. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. [[symbol]] 46. Duties of Secretary The Secretary of the Board of Regents shall take charge of the building and property of the institution, and shall, under their direction, make a fair and accurate record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in the institution until no longer needed in conducting current business; and shall also discharge the duties of librarian and of keeper of the museum, and may, with the consent of the Board of Regents, employ assistants. (R.S. [[symbol]]5583; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, [[symbol]]2(4), 65 Stat. 639.) CODIFICATION R.S. [[symbol]]5583 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178. [[symbol]]7, 9 Stat. 105. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 25, 1951, inserted "until no longer needed in conducting current business." CROSS REFERENCES Management and disposition of records, see sections 2101 et seq., 2301 et seq., 2501 et seq., 2701, 2901 et seq., 3103 et seq., and 3301 et seq. of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Statement of expenditures, see section 49 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. [[symbol]]46a. Employment of aliens by Secretary The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to adequate security and other investigations as he may determine to be appropriate, and subject further to a prior determination by him that no qualified United States citizen is available for the particular position [[end column]] [[right column]] involved, is authorized to employ and compensate aliens in a scientific or technical capacity at authorized rates of compensation without regard to statutory provisions prohibiting payment of compensation to aliens. (Pub. L. 88-549, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 754.) [[symbol]]47. Acting Secretary The chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution may, by an instrument of 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 PROVISIONS Act May 13, 1884 is derived from act Jan. 24, 1879, ch. 21, 20 Stat. 264. [[symbol]]48. Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants The Secretary and his assistants shall, respectively, receive for their services such sum as may be allowed by the Board of Regents; and shall be removable by the Board of Regents whenever, in their judgment, the interests of the institution require such removal. (R.S. [[symbol]]5584.) CODIFICATION R.S. [[symbol]]5584 is from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, [[symbol]]7, 9 Stat. 105. Provisions which related to semi-annual payments on the first day of January and July have been omitted as obsolete. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 57, 67 of this title. [[symbol]]49. Statement of expenditures The Secretary shall submit to Congress annually at the beginning of each regular session thereof a detailed statement of the expenditures of the preceding fiscal year, under appropriations for "International Exchanges," "North American Ethnology," and the "National Museum." (Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 529.) CROSS REFERENCES Annual report of salaries, see section 58 of this title. Printing and distribution of reports of Smithsonian Institution, see section 1341 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. [[symbol]]50. Reception and arrangement of specimens and objects of art Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time to time for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and
