§101. Laws of District extended to public buildings and grounds

The provisions of the several laws and regulations within the District of Columbia for the protection of public or private property and the preservation of peace and order are extended to all public buildings and public grounds belonging to the United States within the District of Columbia. Any person guilty of disorderly and unlawful conduct in or about the same, or who shall willfully injure the buildings or shrubs, or shall pull down, impair, or otherwise injure any fence, wall, or other inclosure, or shall injure any sink, culvert, pipe, hydrant, cistern, lamp, or bridge, or shall remove any stone, gravel, sand, or other property of the United States, or any other part of the public grounds or lots belonging to the United States in the District of Columbia shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(July 29, 1892, ch. 320, §15, 27 Stat. 325 ; Pub. L. 90–108, §2, Oct. 20, 1967, 81 Stat. 277 .)

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 192 of this title.

Amendments

1967-Pub. L. 90–108 substituted "shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both" for "shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $50".

Violations Prior to 1967 Amendment

For prosecution of violations of this section prior to enactment of Pub. L. 90–108, see section 3 of Pub. L. 90–108, set out as an Effective Date of 1967 Amendment note under section 193a of this title.

Board of Metropolitan Police

Duties and authority of former Board of Metropolitan Police of District of Columbia, for police purposes, were extended to all public squares and places, and authorizing and requiring Board to make appropriate rules and regulations in relation thereto, by act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, 18 Stat. 385 , and repeated in act July 31, 1876, ch. 246, 19 Stat. 110 , and act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 105, 19 Stat. 346 . Powers and duties exercised by Board transferred to Commissioners of District of Columbia by act June 11, 1878, ch. 180, §6, 20 Stat. 107 .

Special Policemen

The provision of act Oct. 26, 1942, ch. 629, title II, 56 Stat. 1000 , which related to designation by Commissioner of Public Buildings of employees of Public Buildings Administration as special policemen without compensation during continuance of unlimited national emergency declared by President on May 27, 1941, was repealed, effective July 1, 1948, by Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, §2(a), 61 Stat. 451 .