Chapter 115.
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CHAP. 115.— JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial fountain to Alfred Noble. May 8, 1916.[[S. J. Res. 63](/us/bill/64/sjres/63).][[Pub. Res., No. 18](/us/bill/64/pubres/18).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Chief of Engineers, Alfred Noble. Memorial fountain to be allowed in District of Columbia.United States Army, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant permission to the American Society of Civil Engineers for the erection on public grounds of tho United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the White House, of a memorial fountain to Alfred Noble, a civil engineer of distinguished ability in connection with Government work, whose services have been of conspicuous benefit to tho country: *Provided,* That the site chosen and the design *Provisos.* Approval by Commission of Fine Arts.of the memorial fountain shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the said memorial fountain: *Provided further,* Time limit.That if the erection of this memorial fountain shall not be begun within three years from and after the passage of this resolution the permission granted may, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, be reyoked at any time.
Approved, May 8, 1916.