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[72 Stat. 1700]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 1700]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-875-SEPT. 2, 1958

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notwithstanding vacancies and ei^ht members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) The Board shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee in respect of all trust funds administered by it. (c) The Board shall submit to the Smithsonian Institution an annual report of its operations under this Act, including a detailed statement of all public and private moneys received and disbursed by it. TERMINATION

Ante, p. 68.

SEC. 7. (a) This Act shall cease to be effective, and all offices created by this Act and all appointments made under this Act shall terminate, if the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution does not find that sufficient funds to construct the National Cultural Center have been received by the Trustees of the National Cultural Center within five years after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) I f the offices of Trustees of the National Cultural Center terminate under the provisions of subsection (a), all funds and property (real and personal) accepted by the Trustees of the National Cultural Center under section 5(a), and income therefrom, shall vest in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and shall be used by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the transfer of the Civil Service Commission Building in the District of Columbia to the Smithsonian Institution to house certain art collections of the Smithsouian Institution," approved March 28, 1958, and for the acquisition of works of art to be housed in the building referred to in such Act. Approved September 2, 1958.

Public Law 85-875 Septembw 2, 1958 ^^ ^^^ [H. R. 13191] r^^^ require the Comiuissioner of Education to encourage, foster, and assist in the establishment of clubs for boys and girls especially interested in science.

Science clubs.

/^e it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentativeH of the United StdteH of America in Congress assembled, That in order to strengthen future scientific accomplishment in our Nation by assisting in the development of a body of boys and girls with a special interest in science, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1959, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums, not in excess of $50,000, as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner of Education to encourage, foster, and assist in the establishment in localities throughout the Nation of clubs which are composed of boys and girls who have an especial interest in science. SEC. 2. (a) The (Commissioner of Education shall carry out his duties under the first section with a view to the ultimate chartering by the Congress of a corporation, similar to the Future Farmers of America, which will seek to— (1) develop an interest in science on the part of the youngpeople of America, (2) provide an opportunity for the exchange of scientific information and ideas among members of the clubs, (3) encourage the promotion of science fairs at which members of the clubs may display their scientific works and projects, and (4) develop an awareness of the satisfactions to be derived through a career devoted to science. (b) The Commissioner of Education may utilize any of the personnel and facilities of the Office of Education in carrying out this Act. Approved September 2, 1958.