---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 46"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "46"
heading: "Duties of Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/46"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries"
  - "Subchapter I — Charter Provisions"
---

# §46. Duties of Secretary


The [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) 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.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5583 derived from act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, § 7, 9 Stat. 105.

### Amendments

1951—Act Oct. 25, 1951, inserted “until no longer needed in conducting current business”.