Chapter 234. For the establishment of artificial bathing pools or beaches in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 234.— An Act For the establishment of artificial bathing pools or beaches in the District of Columbia.May 4, 1926.[[H. R. 6556](/us/bill/69/hr/6556).][[Public, No. 174](/us/pl/69/174).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Two bathing beaches to be established, in. That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to locate and construct, subject to the approval of the National Capital Park Commission, and to conduct and maintain two artificial bathing pools or beaches in the District of Columbia, one pool for the white race and theOne for the white and the other for the colored race. other for the colored race, with suitable buildings, shower baths, lockers, provisions for the use of filtered water, purification of the water, and all things necessary for the proper conduct of such pools or beaches.
The Commission of Fine Arts shall be consulted as toLocation, etc. the location and construction of said pools or beaches. The cost ofLimit of cost. these pools or beaches, with buildings and equipment, shall not exceed $345,000, and the appropriation of such sum for the purposes*Post*, p. 1329. named is hereby authorized. No part of the sums appropriatedLocation restricted. for the purposes of this Act shall be expended in the purchase of land and the pools or beaches herein provided for shall be located upon lands acquired or hereafter acquired for park, parkway, or playground purposes.
Approved, May 4, 1926.