The Charter for Public Utility was approved in  Portugal!

 

The Charter of Public Utility was approved by the Council of Ministers  of Portugal for the Library-Museum Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva, with headquarters in the village of Cavião, Vale de Cambra, North of Portugal. This official decision was published on the Portuguese Congressional Record called “Diário da República” or Daily of the Republic, to become Law.

São Bento Palace,  Lisbon, the Headquarters of the Portuguese Congress

 

“Diário da República” II Series. No. 45 – March 4 2005 -  Page 3335

 

Presidency of the Council  of Ministers – General Secretary

 

Declaration No. 47/2005 (II  series) -- In agreement with the decision No. 2  of article of Law Decree No. 469/77 of November 7, it is made public,  in accordance with legal authority of the Prime Minister No. 3503/2005, published by “Diário da República”, II  series, no. 34, of February 17th of 2005, the Vice-Minister to the Prime Minister, by the Decree of  February 7th,  declares of Public Utility the Association Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva, with headquarters in São Pedro de Castelões, Vale de Cambra.  

 

It is further  made public that in accordance with No. 1 of the article No. 6 of the Law-Decree No. 460/77 of November 7th that  the declaration of Public Utility is agreed upon with following recommendations:

 

To inform of the existence of such Library and its documental  contents to  all the public and private institutions  to whom its material might be of interest, namely universities, schools,  Book Institute  and all  other the libraries, etc.

 

Intensify its activities before the general public and special the youth, and continue to develop  other activities  as they are described in its by laws  and  rules of functioning;

 

To prepare an annual report of these requirements, and provided  also a report of the monthly average of the visitors to its library, and send these reports to the General-Secretary, together  with the  its annual  financial report.

 

Based on the limitations of the same decree, if any of the recommendations  listed are not achieved,  the consequences are described on item (b) of article 13. of Law Decree No. 460/77 of November 7.

 

February 23, 2005.       Signed by the General Secretary, José M. Sousa Rego. 

 


 

Congratulations to the Patron of the project, Mr. Álvaro Pinho da Costa Leite,  and all the members of the Association Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva

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