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An Act Concerning the White House and providing for the care and preservation of its historic and artistic contents

Catalog Data

Author:
87th Congress, Sess. 1., 1961  Search this
Subject:
White House (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 586
Type:
Public Law
Place:
United States
Date:
1961
09/22, 1961
Category:
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Legal document information:
75 Stat. 586
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Public Law
Citation information:
Statutes at Large
Summary:
Primary attention shall be given to the preservation and interpretation of the museum character of the principal corridor on the ground floor and the principal public rooms on the first floor of the White House. Articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects of the White House, when declared by the President to be of historic or artistic interest, shall be considered to be property of the White House. Any such articles, when not in use or on display in the White House shall be transferred by direction of the President as a loan to the Smithsonian Institution for its care, study, and storage or exhibition. Any such article shall be returned to the White House from the Smithsonian on notice by the President.
Contained within:
75 Stat. 586 (1961); Pub. L. No. 87-286 (Book)
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Presidents' spouses  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Furniture  Search this
Historic buildings  Search this
Historic sites  Search this
Historic preservation  Search this
Preservation of materials  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4562