There is hereby created an “Art Museum Building Commission”. The Commission shall have 31 members, of whom 3 shall be the Mayor, the President of the City Council, and the City Comptroller. The remaining 28 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor as soon as this subtitle takes effect. City Code, 1927, art. 37, §6 1950, art. 28, §3 1966, art. 1, §84 1976/83, art. 1, §85 Ord. 25-402

Subject to all existing provisions of law, the Commission shall have general advisory and supervisory powers over the selection of a suitable site and the formulation of designs and plans for the construction of a building for the housing, care, and exhibition of works of art and the study thereof. Any site which may be selected by the Commission pursuant to the powers conferred by this subtitle shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Estimates. The selection of an architect and the adoption of designs and plans for the building shall be arranged by the Commission with the Architectural Commission in the manner provided by <cite data-path="|5">Article 5</cite>, Subtitle 29 of the City Code. When the plans and specifications are duly approved, the building shall be erected under the supervision of the Buildings Engineer, as provided by <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§31">Article VII, § 31 of the City Charter</cite>. City Code, 1927, art. 37, §7 1950, art. 28, §4 1966 art. 1, §85 1976/83, art. 1, §86 Ord. 25-402

In the event that the members of the Art Museum Building Commission form a corporation under the laws of this State, or in the event that the members of the Art Museum Building Commission become the board of directors or trustees of any existing body corporate with charter powers enabling such corporation to acquire and exhibit objects of art, then plans shall be formulated by the proper City officials to lease the building provided for herein to such corporation at a nominal rental, provided that the board of directors or trustees of such corporation shall always include the Mayor, the President of the City Council, and the City Comptroller; and provided further that the terms under which such lease is made shall, before it take effect, be approved by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council. City Code, 1927, art. 37, §8 1950, art. 28, §5 1966, art. 1, §86 1976/83, art. 1, §87 Ord. 25-402