 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--SMITHSONIAN GALLERY OF ART
 
Sec. 76b. Functions of Regents


(a) Solicitation of construction funds

    The Regents are authorized to solicit and receive subscriptions of 
funds from private sources for the purposes specified in this 
subsection. Funds so received shall be placed in a special deposit 
account with the Treasurer of the United States, and may be expended by 
the Regents to meet the cost of the construction of the building, 
including furnishings and equipment thereof, to obtain necessary 
drawings and specifications, make necessary surveys and estimates of 
cost, defray necessary administrative expenses, and secure other needful 
services.

(b) Construction of building

    The Regents may, subject to the approval of the President, authorize 
the preparation of the site and the construction of the building, 
including approaches and landscaping of the grounds: Provided, That the 
Administrator of General Services shall supervise the preparation of the 
plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts, and supervise 
construction.

(c) Name of building; supervision and control

    The name of the building shall be the Smithsonian Gallery of Art 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Gallery''), and it shall be under the 
supervision and control of the Regents and the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution.

(May 17, 1938, ch. 238, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 400; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, 
Secs. 301, 303, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1426, 1427; 
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, Sec. 103, 63 Stat. 380.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, 
together with functions of Federal Works Administrator, transferred to 
Administrator of General Services, and Federal Works Agency and office 
of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section 103 of act June 30, 
1949, which is classified to section 753 of Title 40, Public Buildings, 
Property, and Works.
    Functions of Director of Procurement relating to selection of 
location and sites of public buildings transferred to Federal Works 
Administrator by Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, set out in the Appendix to 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
