1995 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 45 - Chief of Engineers; charge of Washington Aqueduct and other public works
§45. Chief of Engineers; charge of Washington Aqueduct and other public works
The Chief of Engineers shall have the immediate superintendence of the Washington Aqueduct, together with all rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same, and belonging to the United States, and of all other public works and improvements in the District of Columbia in which the Government has an interest, and which are not otherwise specially provided for by law.
(R.S. §1800.)
CodificationR.S. §1800 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 84, §1, 11 Stat. 435; June 25, 1860, ch. 211, §1, 12 Stat. 106; Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 167, §2, 14 Stat. 466; Mar. 30, 1867, ch. 20, §3, 15 Stat. 12.
Act Mar. 2, 1927, ch. 271, 44 Stat. 1331, which was the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, provided that nothing therein should be construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary of War over said aqueduct.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 48 of this title.