Chapter 339. To consolidate the office of Public Buildings and Grounds under the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and the office of superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings
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CHAP. 339.— An Act To consolidate the office of Public Buildings and Grounds under the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and the office of superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings. February 26, 1925.[[S. 1918](/us/bill/68/s/1918).][[Public, No. 478](/us/pl/68/478).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the office ofPublic Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital.Offices consolidated into.
Public Buildings and Grounds under the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and the office of superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings are hereby consolidated into a single office and shall hereafter be designated as the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. The superintendentAssignment by the President of Engineer officer as Director. of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings and the officer in charge of Public Buildings and Grounds shall hereafter be designated as the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and shall be assigned by the President from the officers of the Corps of Engineers for duty in this position asDuties transferred to. now provided by law for the officer in charge of Public Buildings and Grounds and the superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings.
Sec. 2. The commission in charge of the State, War, and NavyState, etc., Department Building commission abolished.Vol. 22, p. 553. Department Building, established by the Act approved March 3, 1883, is hereby abolished and all powers and duties conferred and imposed by law upon such commission and the superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings shall hereafter bePowers transferred to Director. exercised and performed by such director, under the general direction of the President of the United States.
Sec. 3. The office of Public Buildings and Grounds, under theOffice of Public Buildings and Grounds abolished.Duties of Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers over buildings, parks, etc., transferred to Director of new office. direction and control of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, is hereby abolished, and all authority, powers, and duties conferred and imposed by law upon the Secretary of War or upon the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army in relation to the construction, maintenance, care, custody, policing, upkeep, or repair of public buildings, grounds, parks, monuments, or memorials in the District of Columbia, together with the authority, powers, and all duties and powers conferred and imposed by law upon the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, shall be held, exercised, and performed by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, under the general direction of the President of the United States.
Sec. 4. The officers and employees in the offices hereby consolidatedPersonnel, records, furniture, etc., of consolidated offices transferred to new office. shall become officers and employees of the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital without reappointment, and all official records, papers, files, furniture, supplies, and other property in use in or in the possession of the offices so consolidated are hereby transferred to the office hereby created.
The director is authorized to appoint, in accordance with existingAdministrative powers of Director. law, such officers and employees, and to incur such expenses, as may be necessary for the proper administration of his office within the limits of the appropriations from time to time granted therefor.984Assistants by detail. There may be detailed to assist the director not to exceed two qualified officers of the United States Army not above the rank of major. Sec. 5. All unexpended balances available for new office.
All unexpended balances of appropriations made for either of the activities hereby consolidated shall be available for expenditure by the office hereby established to the same extent and under the same conditions as such appropriations are available for the offices hereby consolidated. Sec. 6. Laws not affected. Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to modifyVol. 40, p. 1269. existing law with respect to the assignment of space in the public buildings in the District of Columbia by the Public Buildings Commission*Ante, p.* 175. or to modify sections 4 to 10, inclusive, of the Act approved May 27, 1924, relating to the United States park police, except as provided in section 3 of this Act.
Approved, February 26, 1925.