40 USC 51: Authority of Chief of Engineers
Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 40-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKSCHAPTER 1-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
§51. Authority of Chief of Engineers
The Chief of Engineers and his necessary assistants are empowered to use all lawful means for the discharge of their duties; and, particularly, he shall have full control over the Washington Aqueduct, to regulate the manner in which the authorities of the District of Columbia may tap the supply of water to the inhabitants thereof; and he shall stop the same whenever it is found to be no more than adequate to the wants of the public buildings and grounds.
(R.S. §1810.)
Codification
R.S. §1810 derived from acts May 2, 1828, ch. 45, §4,
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 52 of this title.