20 U.S.C. § 72 : US Code - Section 72: Board of Trustees

Search 20 U.S.C. § 72 : US Code - Section 72: Board of Trustees

(a) Establishment
There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau,
which shall be directed by a board to be known as the Trustees of
the National Gallery of Art, whose duty it shall be to maintain and
administer the National Gallery of Art and site thereof and to
execute such other functions as are vested in the board by this
subchapter. The board shall be composed as follows: The Chief
Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
ex officio; and five general trustees who shall be citizens of the
United States, to be chosen as hereinafter provided. No officer or
employee of the Federal Government shall be eligible to be chosen
as a general trustee.
(b) Method of selection; term of office
The general trustees first taking office shall be chosen by the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to the
approval of the donor, and shall have terms expiring one each on
July 1 of 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, and 1947, as designated by the
Board of Regents. A successor shall be chosen by a majority vote of
the general trustees and shall have a term expiring ten years from
the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor
was chosen, except that a successor chosen to fill a vacancy
occurring prior to the expiration of such term shall be chosen only
for the remainder of such term.