53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 324-JULY 18, 1939 he is authorized to appoint and prescribe the duties of such officers and employees, including clerical assistance for the Board, as may be necessary for the execution of the functions vested in him by this title. SEC. 207. The Archivist shall prescribe regulations governing the arrangement, custody, protection, and use of the historical material acquired under this title; and, subject to such regulations, such material shall be available to the public free of charge: Provided, That the Archivist is authorized to charge and collect, under regula- tions prescribed by him, a fee not in excess of 25 cents per person for the privilege of visiting and viewing the exhibit rooms or museum portion of the said Library; and any funds so derived shall be paid by the Archivist into the special account provided for in subsection (d) of section 205 of this title, to be held, administered, and expended under the provisions of that subsection. SEC. 208. The Archivist shall make to the Congress, at the begin- ning of each regular session, a report for the preceding fiscal year as to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. Such report shall include a detailed statement of all accessions, all dispositions of historical material, and all receipts and expenditures on account of the said Library. SEC. 209. The costs incurred by the Archivist in carrying out the duties placed upon him by this title, including the expenses of the members of the Board and the costs of the Board's necessary cler- ical assistance, shall be paid out of the appropriations for The National Archives Establishment as other costs and expenses of The National Archives Establishment are paid; and such sums as may be necessary for such purposes are hereby authorized to be appropriated. TITLE III-FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT RESIDENCE SEC. 301. The head of any executive department, pursuant to agreement between him and the donor, may accept for and in the name of the United States from the donor, or from such person or persons as shall be empowered to act for the donor, title to any part or parts of the said Hyde Park estate of the donor and his family which shall be donated to the United States for use in connection with any designated function of the Government administered in such department. The title to any such property may be accepted under this section notwithstanding that it may be subject to the life estate of the donor or of any other person or persons now living: Provided, That during the continuance of any life estate reserved therein no expense to the United States in connection with the ordinary main- tenance of the property so acquired shall be incurred: Providedfur- ther, That the acceptance hereunder by the United States of the title to property in which any life estate is reserved shall not during the existence of such life estate exempt the property, except to the extent provided in section 304 of this title, from taxation by the town of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, or the State of New York as other real property in the said town, county, or State is taxed under the applicable laws relating to taxation of real property. SEC. 302. Upon the expiration of all life estates reserved in any property acquired under this title for use in connection with a desig- nated function of the Government, or, if no life estate is reserved, immediately upon the acceptance of title thereto, the head of the department administering the said function shall assume jurisdiction and control over the property so acquired and administer it for the purpose designated, subject to the applicable provisions of law. 1065 Archivist to pre- scribe suitable regula- tions. Proviso. Admittance fee. Report to Congress. Appropriation au- thorized, payablefrom appropriations for Na- tional Archives Estab- lishment. Acceptance of parts of ilyde Park estate of donor for use iesi. - iilted, subject to life estate, etc. Provi.os. No Federal expense during continuance of life estate reserved therein. Local and State taxes. Jurisdiction and control upon expira- tion of all life estates reserved.
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