§53a. MacArthur Boulevard; jurisdiction and control

Jurisdiction and control over MacArthur Boulevard for its full width in the District of Columbia between Foxhall Road and the District line, excepting a strip nineteen feet wide within the lines of said road, the center of which is coincident with the center of the water supply conduit, is transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Council of the District of Columbia, and property abutting thereon shall be subject to any and all lawful assessments which may be levied by the said council for public improvements, the same as other private property in the District of Columbia: Provided, That all municipal laws and regulations shall apply to the entire width of the said road in the District of Columbia in the same degree that they apply to other streets and highways in the said District.

(May 22, 1926, ch. 372, 44 Stat. 627 ; Mar. 4, 1942, ch. 129, 56 Stat. 123 ; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501 ; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §402(172), eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, §401, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 785 .)

Amendments

1942-Act Mar. 4, 1942, changed name of Conduit Road to MacArthur Boulevard.

Change of Name

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501 . Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641 . Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

Transfer of Functions

"Council of the District of Columbia" substituted in text for "District of Columbia Council" pursuant to section 401 of Pub. L. 93–198. District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, §711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818 , and replaced by Council of District of Columbia, as provided by section 401 of Pub. L. 93–198.

Previously, reference to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia had been changed to the District of Columbia Council pursuant to section 402(172) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred the regulatory and other functions of the Board of Commissioners relating to the jurisdiction and control over MacArthur Boulevard (formerly Conduit Road) and the levying of assessments for public improvements under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided by section 406 of the Plan. For provisions establishing the District of Columbia Council, see section 201 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967.