1995 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 43 - Advertisements and sales in or around Washington Monument

No advertisement of any kind shall be displayed and no articles of any kind shall be sold in or around the Washington Monument, except upon the written authority of the Director of the National Park Service.

(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, 35 Stat. 997; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 339, §3, 43 Stat. 983; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, §2, eff. June 10, 1933; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat. 389.)

Section is based on act Mar. 4, 1909, which appropriated funds for care and maintenance of the Washington Monument.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Feb. 9, 1909, ch. 101, 35 Stat. 615.

May 27, 1908, ch. 200, 35 Stat. 357.

Act Mar. 2, 1934, changed name of Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations of Department of the Interior to National Park Service.

Ex. Ord. No. 6166, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, abolished Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of National Capital and transferred its functions to Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations of Department of the Interior.

Act Feb. 26, 1925, transferred functions of Secretary of War under this section, as enacted originally, to Directors of Public Buildings and Public Parks of National Capital.