The Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is hereby authorized to accept gifts, devises and bequests of objects of art or other articles to the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor or the Fine Arts Museums solely for exhibition purposes when the acceptance of the same entails no expense on the part of the board beyond the ordinary care and maintenance of such objects of art or other articles.
All gifts, devises and bequests of objects of art or other articles heretofore made to the aforesaid museums which entail no expense beyond the ordinary care and maintenance thereof for exhibition purposes are hereby accepted for the purposes for which they have been given.
Nothing in this Section shall be considered to approve or ratify the acceptance in the past or in the future of any gift, devise or bequest made to the aforesaid museums, the administration of which gifts, devises or bequests entails any expense beyond the care and maintenance of the objects of such gifts, devises or bequests for exhibition purposes.
(Amended by Ord. 295-74, App. 6/12/74; Ord. 24-00, File No. 992319, App. 2/25/2000)