Chapter 9. granting permission to the Chamber of Commerce of New York to erect a statue on the sub-treasury building in the city of New York
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CHAP. 9.— An Act granting permission to the Chamber of Commerce of New York to erect a statue on the sub-treasury building in the city of New York.Dec. 23, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Statue to George Washington. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to permit the New York Chamber of Commerce to erect, without any cost to the government, a suitable statue, or group, commemorative of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, on the front of the building known as the sub-treasury of the United States, which now marks the spot on Sub-Treasury building, New York City.the corner of Wall and NassAn streets, in the city of New York, where the oath of office was administered to him.
Sec. 2. That the design for such statue, or group, shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for his approval, and the work shall at all times be subject to his supervision and control, and shall be so performed as not to injure said building. And said statue, or group, so erected shall be at all times under the exclusive control of the United States. If said work shall not be completed within five years next after the passage of this act the authority hereby granted and the permission authorized shall terminate.
Approved, December 23, 1880.