The Commission may, without regard to the laws and procedures applicable to State agencies, procure supplies, services and property and make contracts and expend in furtherance of this act funds donated or funds received and may, within the limits of statutory authority, exercise those powers that are necessary to enable it to carry out efficiently and in the public interest the purposes of this act.
The Commission shall have the authority to procure and purchase books, documents, transcripts of documents, or other historical materials, paintings, works of art or any artistic objects of historic interest; to collect and preserve objects of interest pertaining to natural history of Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties or the State of South Carolina and other like property; to arrange and catalogue them; to provide for their restoration when necessary; to provide for public display, examination and use in the furtherance of the cultural life of Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties and the State; to purchase or lease property or buildings necessary to establish and conduct a museum of history and natural science; to mortgage or pledge its real or personal property, and to receive funds, grants, donations and appropriations for the purpose of establishing and operating a museum of history and natural science. The Commission shall have full authority to operate, maintain and expand the collection or museum so far as its funds allow. The Commission may enter into agreements, leases, working arrangements with other museums, art centers, or eleemosynary corporations or with State or Federal departments or agencies in the acquisition of historic sites or historic objects or in the purchase, development and operation of historic properties, pageants or dramas for the cultural and economic development of the three county area.
HISTORY: 1966 Act No. 794, Section 2, eff March 11, 1966.
Code Commissioner's Note
This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner.