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 75T H CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 50-MARCH 24, 1937 53 the efficient administration of the functions of the board. Such Compensa tion pay - director, assistant director, secretary, and chief curator shall be coin- able from trust fu nds. pensated from trust funds available to the board for the purpose, and their appointment and salaries shall not be subject to the civil- servic e laws or the Classif icatio n Act o f 1923, as ame nded. The Qualifications. director, assistant director, secretary, and chief curator shall be well qualified by experience and training to perform the duties of their office and the original appointment to each such office shall be subject to the approval of the donor. (d) The actions of the board, including any payment made or acReview of board directe d to be ma de by it f rom any tr ust funds, shall not be subject to review by any officer or agency other than a court of law. SEC. 5 . (a) The board is authorized to adopt an official seal which Powers of board. shall be judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations, as it deems necessary for the administration of its func- tions u nder this Act, inclu ding, amon g other ma tters, byla ws, rules, and reg ulations r elating to the acqui sition, ex hibition, a nd loan of works o f art, the administr ation of i ts trust f unds, and t he organi- zation and procedure of the board. The board may function not- withstanding vacancies, and three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) In order that the collection of the National Gallery of Art st an Maintenance of dard of collection. shall always be maintained at a high standard and in order to prevent the introduction therein of inferior works of art, no work of ar t shall be included i n the perm anent coll ection of the Nation al Gallery of Art unless it be of similar high standard of quality to those in the collection acquired from the donor. (c) The board shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a ti owears and soliga a- trustee in respect of all trust funds administered by it and all works trust funds. of art acquired by it. (d) The board shall submit to the Smithsonian Institution an Annual report of board. annu al report of its ope rations un der this A ct, includ ing a detai led statement of all acquisitions and loans of works of art and of all public and private moneys received and disbursed. SEC. 6 . (a) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are Sixth Street, North- w est .to be closed her eby aut horize d and d irected to clo se Sixt h Stree t, Nort hwest, within limits of site. within the boundaries of the site for the National Gallery of Art. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall deter- prBmee m gtclines, ap. mine the building lines and approve the plan of approaches for said gallery, and shall also make recommendations for the widening and adjustment of Third, Seventh, Ninth, and such other streets in the vicinity as may be necessary and desirable to provide for the traffic which would otherwise use Sixth Street. (b) Section 10 of the Public Building Act, approved March 4 ~ George M emor ial 'Wa shi ngto n ~, Building. 1913 (37 Stat . L ., p . 881), relating to the George II'ashington Memo- erec- ti on Provisions for erec- ri al Buil ding, and all provis ions of law am endator y there of, are 37 Stat. 881. hereby repealed. (c) The existi n g burea u of the S mithsonian Instituti on now des ig- ent Desi gnation gallery a a i e existing nated as a national gallery of art shall hereafter be known as the of art changed. National Collection of Fine Arts. (d) The fifth paragraph under the heading "Smithsonian Insti- Existing onstruc- tion provisions re- t ution" in the Indepe ndent Offi ces Approp riation Ac t for the fiscal pea led. 42 tt. iza5. year 1924, approved February 13, 1923 (42 Stat . L . 1235), relating t o the erection of a national gallery o f art, is hereby re pealed. Approved, March 24, 1937.