§73. Authorization of appropriations for expenses, and acquisition of lands by Commission; assignment of playground areas; control of lands outside District

There is authorized to be appropriated, each year, in the annual District of Columbia Appropriation Act, a sum not exceeding 1 cent for each inhabitant of the continental United States as determined by the last preceding decennial census, said sum to be used by said Commission for the payment of its expenses and for the acquisition of the lands herein authorized to be acquired by said Commission for the purposes named, the compensation for the land, the expense of surveys, ascertainment of title, condemnation proceedings, if any, and necessary conveyancing to be paid from said appropriations. The funds so appropriated shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the general funds of the Treasury in the same proportion as other expenses of the District of Columbia. The land so acquired within the District of Columbia shall be a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and be under control of the Director of the National Park Service. Areas suitable for playground purposes may, in the discretion of said Commission, be assigned to the control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia for playground purposes. The land so acquired outside the District of Columbia shall be controlled as determined by agreement between said commission and the proper officers of the States of Maryland and Virginia, such agreements to be subject to the approval of the President.

(June 6, 1924, ch. 270, §12, formerly §3, 43 Stat. 463 ; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 339, §3, 43 Stat. 983 ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, §2, eff. June 10, 1933; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, §1, 48 Stat. 389 ; renumbered §12, July 19, 1952, ch. 949, §2, 66 Stat. 791 ; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §401, eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, §421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789 .)

Transfer of Functions

"Commission", as used in this section, refers to National Capital Planning Commission, rather than to National Capital Park and Planning Commission, in view of transfer of functions, powers, etc., from latter to former by section 71h of this title.

Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and functions of all agencies and employees of that Department, with two exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. National Park Service, referred to in text, is an agency of Department of the Interior.

Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of National Capital abolished and functions thereof transferred to Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations of Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Name of latter office changed to "National Park Service" by act Mar. 2, 1934.

Act Feb. 26, 1925 ch. 339, §3, 43 Stat. 983, abolished office of Public Buildings and Grounds under Chief of Engineers and transferred functions thereof to Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks.

Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, functions of Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to Commissioner of District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967. Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, 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 office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93–198. Accordingly, "Mayor" substituted in text for "commissioners".

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 71, 71h, 72, 72a, 74 of this title.