 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
 
Sec. 75f. Director; appointment and compensation; officers and 
        employees
        
    (a) The Board may appoint and fix the compensation and duties of a 
director of the Gallery, and his appointment and salary shall not be 
subject to the civil-service laws or chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of title 5. The Board may employ such other officers and 
employees as may be necessary for the efficient administration, 
operation, and maintenance of the Gallery.
    (b) The Board may delegate to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution, as well as to the Commission, any of its functions pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 87-443, Sec. 7, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 63.)

                       References in Text

    The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (a), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
title 5'' substituted for ``the Classification Act of 1949, as amended'' 
on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b) Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, 
the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
