Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 1.djvu/1310

This page needs to be proofread.

TITLE 48.--PUBLIC BUILDING dent, end shall serve for a period of Ion: years each, end until t _tllei:· message are epnoisnted and qualided. The ’ Pre&dent slgell have aitlxority to dll all vacancies. It shall be the duty ef seen rzemmlssion in (advise npen the location of statues, , tnnntalns, and monuments in the mxblle sqnam, streets, and parks in the Bisulet of Golnmnia, and upon the selection of medals fer statues, fountains, and monuments _€1‘%€t$d, under Y me authority of the 'United States and upon the selection of arttsts fe: the exeenden of the same. It shall be the duty of the oféeers changed any law"to determine such questions ln edch ease to eall for sneh advice. The foregoing provisions- of this . eeelien shall not apply to @19 Capitol Bnllding of the ·United_ gatw and the nnilding of the Library of Gongreesj ·'l:‘he coms a on snail also advise generally upon questions of art when required to do so by the iéresident, or by any eominlttee of gltner Hesse of "Gongress. Said oommission snail have a sebre»- tary and such other esslstanee as the €GI!1&SSi0B may anthor- _· lee, end the imemljers of _ the oonlmission Shall each be paid ‘ aetnal expenses in going to · and returning from Washington . _ attend the meetings of said eominlssion and wl1lle_attending·t e . same. (Hay 17, 1910, c. 243, § 1, 36 Stat, 371;) ‘ - ` 185, Q e; secretary. and executiée omcer.-T-The omeer in charge nf ‘ l;>lic‘ buildings and grounds shall `be the secretary and shall _ ns,tl1e executive 0@oer qt said commission. (June 25, 191*91:,. 384, §Y 1, 36 Stat. '?28,)` ‘ . _ __ ·1 ._ Same; li itatien off annual expenditiu·e.—-To meet the a exnenws made l e we ry by sectidn iilgiféf tizis title an expendi- d tnre of net exe ing $10,000 ap year is authorized. (May 17, ‘ 1916, {-.243, § 2, 3 Stat..371._) A ‘ ·l l _ · s 197. »Wharf nroherty; control by` · Commissioners of District.lg—‘With the exceptions lxereiilafter provided, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have ekclusive charge and eontrol lot all 'llvhdrf property. belonging to the United

 on to the Distrlgt¥__¢_;_§*4 Columldpla within said · District,-

inelndlng all the wharves, piers, lmlkheads, and structures; thermnjand waters adjspent thereto within the pier, lines, and all sllps, basins, docks, wate: fronts, land under, watery and strnetnrm thereon; nnd the appurtenances, easements, uses; resersions, and rights belonging thereto, 'wl1ich\)0n` March 3, 1S%,,we1*e owned or by the, United Stahesror the Dlstriot of Columbia, or to which they or elthef oi theln `was on that date or may itheeenfte; become entitled, or `whlch. they? or either, of them may acqnire under the pmowiisssns llefeof or othef-· wise; end said Commissioners ot the District of Columbia shall ` have exclnslve eharge and control of the repairing, building. rebuilding, maintaining, altering, strengthening, leasing, Rnd ‘ pm-_ tectlng said property. and every part, thereof, and all the lclean— _ lng, dredging, andqdeepening nemsagy- in and about the same within the pier ~ lin%.· Said comnnlssioneps are. also ai1thor—

 and empowered to make all needful rules end regulations

for the government and control 01 all ,wl;nrves , piers, bulk—i needs, and- strnetnres '"théreon, and waters adjacent thereto within the ple: lines, and all the basins, slips, and decks, with the lend under eyater, in snldlDlst1jlct· not owned by the United States or the"Bistrict of Columbia: _Pro%2ided, That the fo1· leaving described property shell be placed nnder the immediate l jnrlsdlctlen, and “ control of the Chief of Engineers of the United States: I The banks of the Potomac navel froxnl the north line _ et the Arsenal Grounds. to the southern' curb line

 of N Street south; also dve hundred linear feet Vo·t_sl10re line

lin the Flnsi1ingsB%ervei1• at the o {ect not Seventeenth Street, west, and west frem the western curb of said street, includingj a levee sae hundred feet wide. (Mar. 3) l%9» ¢· $58, 5 ·1.`30 e Stat. 1317.) . , ‘ M. ` 198; Sa1ne;` regulation;-———·Said €0I11§li&i0l1€I’S slid` the Chief ef Engineers df the United States Army are authorized and? enlpewered to make all needful rules and regulations for the government and proper me of all the property placed in

ls, reorsary, Azvn wonas . 1296 » their charge. and wander theIr/ mmtive control by the provimeas of section 167 of this title and te annex each reasonable a penalties to md, rules and rgulationa as will secure; their enforcement; and also to make and enforce rules and- regain- ; tions ln regard to building and repairing, wharvesithe rental thereof, and the rate of wharfage. All rents an collected shall be covered into' the Treasury of the United States, · one—halt to » be placed to the credit of acne United, States and one-half te the credit rot the District of Columbia, r No lease made under the provisions of said section 167 shall yeitenid beyond the period of- ten years. (Mar. 3, ist 458,',§"2, w Stati 1378.) , ‘ 109. Inspection of facl in District of Columbia; inapecters, weighei·s,_and maaarers.-¤—It shall not be lawful for any cmcer pr person in the civil, military, or naval. service at the United Stafm in the District of Columbia to purchaac anthracite or bituminous coal or wood for the public service- except- on con dltion that- the same shall, before delivery, be inspected Banda weighed or measured by some competent Pefsftn, to. be ,a;>~ 'noiuted by the head of the. department or chief of the branch of the ._ service for ·' which the ‘pm-quasar is- made from among the persons authorized to be employed in sinch department er branch of the ,service,`° The person appointed nnder this sec tion shall ascertain that each ton `of coal weighed hy him shall Qconsist of two: thousand two hundred and forty pcuncls, and that' each cord of wood to be so measured ahall he of the standard measure of one hundredand twentyelght cnhic feet, Eachxrload or parcel of wood or ceal weighed and m{asnred ·by.»him shall be accompanied by his certidmte of the nnraber of tons or pounds of coal and `thehnumber of cerdsor carts M ofcords of wood in each load or parcel. The proper accounting officer of the Treasury, shall be furnished with a cepy ot, tl1e‘·`ap110lntmc¤t—‘of each { inspector, · welglxer, .. and meaanrcr appointed umler·tl1is section, llttshall not belawfnl fol; any , accounting, to or allow to. the credit of an$ dlabursing _0fllcer, in` the District otfolnmbia any money paid, by him for purchase of anthraclte‘_oi·_ bitmnlnona coal), or for wood, unless the youcher therefor is accommtxled by a certain- » cate of the proper inspector, welgher, and rncaanrer that the quantity paid for-has__hee¤ d incd by such emcer. {R, S. §§ 3711, 3712, 3713; Mar. 2, 1%; c. 17*7, 5 5, %`,`Stat. Mar., `15, 1898, ·c. 68, 5*6, 3U·Stst. 313) I ° S 9 _ he la 110. Government _.fuel· yards.-;·Tl1e Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed; to establish in-the District of Columbia storage and distributing yards for the storage of feel for. the txseiof and delivery to all- branches of the Federal service and the municipal government -in. the District of Columbia and such parts thereof as may be situated ·l M edlatelr with out the District of Colombia and economically can besnppllcdg therefrom, and to aelecti purchase, contract for, and distribute all fuel reqnlred. by the said-‘ services. Authority is granted the Secretary of the Intcrlor,‘in.con¤1ection_ with the establish··_ ment, of the said yards, to »pr<mnre hy - ffmrchase; requisition for 'immedlate use, e0m1em¤az;¤¤;lar lease for such period as may be necessary, land, wharres, and railroad treetles and 2 sidihgs requisite therefor. All branches of the Federal service

 except as provldeclin section 111 of this title, and the municipal

government. in' the` District of Columbia, from and after the establishment . of the said fnell yards, shall purchase all fuel from the Secretary of the Interior and make, rgarrnent therefor from applicable appropriations at the actnal cost thereof j to the Q United States, including all expenses connected therewith. . (July 1, 1918,xcZ 113, { 1, 40‘Stat. 622.) t - . l » , 111. Same; Naval Establishment exccptedQ———-—The préwisions of Section 110 of this titleshall not apply to the fuel required for the Naval Establishment, except the naval hospital, ln the 'biatrlct of Colixmhia. (July 11, 1919, ci 9, 41`·St;atz 148.) ` -112. Appranrktioa for {eel; contracts in advance "ef;-e-—-Q'1‘he Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract fer. the pur·