1995 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 54 - Moneys for public works; expenditure
§54. Moneys for public works; expenditure
All moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and for the other public works in the District of Columbia, not otherwise expressly provided for by law, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army.
(R.S. §1802; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
CodificationR.S. §1802 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 84, §1, 11 Stat. 435; June 18, 1862, No. 36, 12 Stat. 620; Mar. 30, 1867, ch. 20, §3, 15 Stat. 12.
Change of NameDepartment of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.