Chapter 9. Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire certain lands within the District of Columbia to be used as sites for public buildings
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Chap. 9: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire certain lands within the District of Columbia to be used as sites for public buildings. Chapter 9 45 Stat. 51 1928-01-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 9.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire certain lands within the District of Columbia to be used as sites for public buildings.
January 13, 1928.[[H. R. 483](/us/bill/70/hr/483).][[Public, No. 5](/us/pl/70/5).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Public Buildings Act, 1926.Sites in District of Columbia for executive departments, etc. That to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire economically and at an early date adequate sites for suitable accommodations in the District of Columbia for the executive departments, and independent establishments of the Government not under any executive department, and52 suitable grounds, parking, and approaches thereto, the Act entitledVol. 44, p. 631, amended.
“An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved May 25, 1926, is hereby amended so as to authorize and direct him to acquire, by purchase, condemnation,Acquiring designated lands, etc., directed. or otherwise, all the lands obtainable with the funds that may be appropriated, including buildings and other structures, includedDescription.*Post, * p. 1045. within the triangle bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue and B Street, extending from Fifteenth Street to Sixth Street Northwest, and reservations A, B, C, and D, except property owned by the United States or the District of Columbia as such lands appear in the records of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated in additionAdditional appropriation authorized.Vol. 44, p. 633, amended.*Post, * p. 925. to the amounts authorized in said Act of May 25, 1926, and without regard to the limitations contained in the first paragraph of section 5 of such Act, the sum of $25,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sec. 3. The buildings constructed under said Act approved MayOn completion, buildings, to be under Office of Public Buildings and Parks. 25, 1926, when completed and ready for occupancy shall be turned over to the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks for care, maintenance, and protection, including the furnishing of heat, gas, and electricity therein, together with all machinery, tools, equipments, and supplies to be used in connection therewith.
Sec. 4. That after title has been vested in the United States toContracts authorized for demolishing buildings, clearing lands, etc. any of the properties herein or heretofore authorized to be acquired or taken within the area embraced in this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby further authorized to enter into contracts for demolishing the buildings thereon, and for clearing and grading the land at such time and to such extent as he may deem proper, and to enter into contracts for plans and specifications forTreatment of landscape, etc., to be approved by Public Buildings Commission.Vol. 40, p. 1269. the architectural landscape treatment of the portion of the lands acquired which he may deem proper, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission created by the Act of March 1, 1919, to reserve for planting and for open spaces for the proper grouping of the Federal buildings which have heretofore been authorized or may hereafter be authorized to be constructed within the area embraced in this Act, the expenditures on account thereof to be charged to the appropriations authorized under the provisions of this Act.
Approved, January 13, 1928.
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