1997 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 2 - CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Sec. 193 - Protection of buildings and property
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS CHAPTER 2 - CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS Sec. 193 - Protection of buildings and property |
| Contains | section 193 |
| Date | 1997 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §1820. |
| Statutes at Large References | 15 Stat. 12 19 Stat. 41 |
§193. Protection of buildings and property
The Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the public property therein, and they shall have power to arrest and detain any person violating such regulations, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial.
(R.S. §1820.)
CodificationR.S. §1820 derived from acts Mar. 30, 1867, ch. 20, §2, 15 Stat. 12; Apr. 29, 1876, ch. 86, 19 Stat. 41.
Section is also set out in D.C. Code, §9–105.
Applicability of Other LawsSection as unaffected by sections 193a to 193l, 212a, 212a–2, and 212b of this title, see note set out under section 193a of this title.
Cross ReferencesPolicing of Capitol Building and Grounds, see section 212a of this title.
Use of Capitol Grounds as playground prohibited, see section 214 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 188b–1 of this title.
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