20 USC § 48 - Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants

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title: "20 USC § 48 - Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "48"
section_name: "Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CHARTER PROVISIONS"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 5584.)"
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# § 48. Salary and removal of Secretary and assistants

The Secretary and his assistants shall, respectively, receive for their services such sum as may be allowed by the Board of Regents; and shall be removable by the Board of Regents whenever, in their judgment, the interests of the institution require such removal.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 5584.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5584 derived from , .

Provisions which related to semi-annual payments on the first day of January and July have been omitted.