20 USC § 46 - Duties of Secretary

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s46"
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title: "20 USC § 46 - Duties of Secretary"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "46"
section_name: "Duties of Secretary"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CHARTER PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 5583; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 2(4), 65 Stat. 639.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 5583; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 2(4), 65 Stat. 639.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5583 derived from , .

### Amendments

1951—Act , inserted “until no longer needed in conducting current business”.