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Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 51 - Authority of Chief of Engineers
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§51. Authority of Chief of Engineers
§51. Authority of Chief of Engineers
The Chief of Engineers and his necessary assistants are empowered to use all lawful means for the discharge of their duties; and, particularly, he shall have full control over the Washington Aqueduct, to regulate the manner in which the authorities of the District of Columbia may tap the supply of water to the inhabitants thereof; and he shall stop the same whenever it is found to be no more than adequate to the wants of the public buildings and grounds.
(R.S. §1810.)
CodificationR.S. §1810 derived from acts May 2, 1828, ch. 45, §4, 4 Stat. 266; Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 84, §1, 11 Stat. 435.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 52 of this title.
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