1995 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 47 - Apartments of Chief of Engineers

The Chief of Engineers shall be furnished official apartments in one of the public buildings in the city of Washington, as may be directed by the Administrator of General Services, and shall be supplied by the Government with the stationery, instruments, books, and furniture which may be required for the performance of his duties.

(R.S. §1808; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §103(a), 63 Stat. 380.)

R.S. §1808 derived from act Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 84, §1, 11 Stat. 435.

Section 10 of act Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1269, formerly set out as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644.

Functions of office of Commissioner of Public Buildings and Public Buildings Administration transferred to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to section 753(a) of this title. Office of Commissioner of Public Buildings and Public Buildings Administration abolished by section 103(b) of act June 30, 1949.

R.S. §1808 provided that official apartments should be furnished to the Chief of Engineers at the direction of the President. The function of allotment of space in public buildings in the District of Columbia was placed in the Public Buildings Commission by act Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, §10, 40 Stat. 1269.

Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note under section 471 of this title.

Operations of buildings and related activities by Administrator of General Services, general powers and duties, see section 490 of this title.