Chapter 230. To authorize the appointment of a commission to select such of the Patent Office models for retention as are deemed to be of value and historical interest and to dispose of said models, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 230.— An Act To authorize the appointment of a commission to select such of the Patent Office models for retention as are deemed to be of value and historical interest and to dispose of said models, and for other purposes. February 13, 1925.[[H. R. 8550](/us/bill/68/hr/8550).][[Public, No. 416](/us/pl/68/416).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Patent Office models.Commission created to select, for retention.
That a commission to consist of the Commissioner of Patents and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, or their representatives, and a patent attorney duly registered as such in the Patent Office, the latter to be designated by the Commissioner of Patents, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby created to select such of the Patent Office models and exhibition exhibits as may be deemedPlaced in Patent Office or National Museum. to be of value and of historical interest, and thereafter store or place the same on exhibition in the Patent Office or the NationalDisposal of remainder.
Museum, and cause the remainder of the said models and exhibits to be disposed of by public auction, gift to Federal, State, or private943museums or institutions, or returned without expense to the Government to the original depositors or their representatives, where demanded in writing by them, or destroyed, as the commission may determine. The Commissioner of Patents is authorized to pay necessaryExpenses authorized for handling, etc.*Post*, p. 1330. drayage and all other expenses incident to handling and removing the said models and exhibits and to employ per diem employees in such numbers and at such times as he may determine, and pay each of the said employees at a rate of compensation not to exceed $5 per day, such employees to be engaged upon the work of uncrating, removing, crating, storing, listing, sorting, and otherwise handling said models and exhibits.
In order to carry out the purposes of this Act the sum of $10,000Amount authorized for expenses. is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, That all actions*Proviso*.Approval of Secretary of Interior. and expenditures herein authorized shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. A report shall be made to Congress of the action of the commissionReport to Congress. hereunder. Approved, February 13, 1925.