* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (The Walters Art Gallery)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Walters Art Gallery - Disposition of an Art Object
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery to exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of an object that is not useful to the collection; and providing for a special effective date.
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BY authority of
Article 18 - Educational and Cultural Programs
Section 14-11
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
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The Walters Art Gallery possesses an object that is of a character and condition that renders it unsuitable for public exhibition.
The deaccessioning of this object has been recommended by the Board of Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery are hereby authorized to exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of the object on the list attached to and made part of this Ordinance, entitled "List of Objects Slated for Deaccessioning."
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
List of Objects Slated for Deaccessioning
1. 49.1916 a & b Chinese, 1522-1566, Fish and Waterplants (jar with cover), porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels. Purchased by Henry Walters between 1895 and 1908
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