Volume 47 · 1621
Public Law 72–283
Authorizing the acceptance by the United States of a bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Approved March 4, 1933
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the acceptance by the United States of a bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to accept as a gift of the Goethe Society of America (Incorporated) a bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for erection on the public grounds of the United
Site and approval.
States in the city of Washington. District of Columbia, on a site selected by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts: Provided, That if no such site suitable for the purpose
Proviso.
To be displayed in National Museum if suitable site not found.
shall be found, the bust shall be accepted for display in the National Museum or such other appropriate location as may indicate an appreciation of the intellectual achievements and services of Goethe to mankind.
Approved, March 4, 1933.