Section 11. (a) There shall be an art jury, composed of the mayor of the city ex officio and eight other members to be appointed by him as now provided by law. In all matters within the jurisdiction of the jury pertaining to work under the special charge of a bureau in any department of the city, the head of such bureau shall also for the time being act as a member of the jury ex officio.
(b) The members of the jury, other than the mayor, shall consist of a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a member of a commission having control of a public park in said city not holding any other office under the city government, and four other persons not engaged in the practice of the professions of painting, sculpture, or architecture, but at least three of whom, at the date of their appointment, shall be members of the governing body or teaching force of a corporation or corporations organized under the laws of this Commonwealth and conducting a school of art or architecture in said city. One of such members shall be an experienced business executive.
(c) The members of the jury shall elect from their own number a president and a vice-president to serve for one year and until their successors are elected. The jury shall have power to adopt its own rules of procedure, and to prescribe regulations for the submission to it of all matters within its jurisdiction. Five members shall constitute a quorum. The jury shall have power to employ a secretary and such clerks, stenographers, and other assistants, as may be provided for by ordinance.
(d) Hereafter no work of art shall become the property of any such city, by purchase, gift, or otherwise, unless such work of art of design for the same, and the proposed location of such work of art, shall first have been submitted to, and approved by, the art jury of said city; nor shall any work of art, until so approved, be erected or placed in or upon, or allowed to extend over, any building, highway, stream, lake, square, park, or other public place belonging to, or under the control of, said city. The jury may, when it deems proper, also require a complete model of the proposed work of art to be submitted to it before taking final action thereon. The term "work of art," as used in this act, shall include all paintings, mural decorations, inscriptions, stained glass, statues, reliefs, or other sculptures, monuments, fountains, arches, or other structures, intended for ornament or commemoration. No existing work of art in the possession of the city shall be removed, relocated, or altered in any way, without the approval of the jury.
(e) No construction or erection in any such city of any building, bridge, or its approaches, arch, gate, fence, or other structure or fixture, which is to be paid for, either wholly or in part, from the city treasury, or for which the city or any other public authority is to furnish a site, shall be begun unless the design and proposed location thereof shall have been submitted to the jury and approved by it, except as herein provided, before the final approval thereof by the officer or other person having authority to contract therefor. The approval of the jury shall also be required in respect to all structures or fixtures belonging to any person or corporation which shall be erected upon, or extend over, any highway, stream, lake, square, park, or other public place within the city, except as provided in this act. In deeds for land made by any such city, restrictions may be imposed, requiring that the design and location of structures to be altered or erected thereon shall be first approved by the art jury. Nothing requiring the approval of the jury shall be erected or changed in design or location without its approval. If the jury fails to act upon any matter submitted to it within sixty days after such submission, its approval of the matter submitted shall be presumed.