40 USC 82: Public spaces resulting from filling of canals under jurisdiction of Director

40 USC 82: Public spaces resulting from filling of canals under jurisdiction of Director 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

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§82. Public spaces resulting from filling of canals under jurisdiction of Director

All public spaces resulting from the filling of canals in the original city of Washington not under the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park Service as of August 1, 1914, except such portions as are included in the navy yard or in actual use as roadways and sidewalks, and except the portions assigned by law to the District of Columbia for use as a property yard and the location of a sewage pumping station, respectively, are placed under the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park Service and shall be laid out as reservations as a part of the park system of the District of Columbia.

(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, 38 Stat. 633 ; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 339, §3, 43 Stat. 983 ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, eff. June 10, 1933; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat. 389 .)

Codification

Section is based on Sundry Civil Appropriation Act Aug. 1, 1914, fiscal year 1915.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions from Chief of Engineers of United States Army to Director of National Park Service by act Feb. 26, 1925, Ex. Ord. No. 6166, and by act Mar. 2, 1934, see note set out under section 73 of this title.