2000 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 2 - CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Sec. 187 - National Statuary Hall
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, 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. 187 - National Statuary Hall |
| Contains | section 187 |
| Date | 2000 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 2, 2001 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §1814; Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 287, 19 Stat. 147. |
| Statutes at Large References | 13 Stat. 347 19 Stat. 147 |
§187. National Statuary Hall
Suitable structures and railings shall be erected in the old hall of Representatives for the reception and protection of statuary, and the same shall be under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol. And the President is authorized to invite all the States to provide and furnish statues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services, such as each State may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration; and when so furnished, the same shall be placed in the old hall of the House of Representatives, in the Capitol of the United States, which is set apart, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as a national statuary hall for the purpose herein indicated.
(R.S. §1814; Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 287, 19 Stat. 147.)
CodificationR.S. §1814 derived from act July 2, 1864, ch. 210, §2, 13 Stat. 347.
Section 2 of act July 2, 1864, gave the supervision and direction of the National Statuary Hall to the Commissioner of Public Buildings.
Change of NameChange of name of Architect of the Capitol, functions abolished, transferred, etc., by prior acts, see Codification and Prior Provisions notes set out under section 161 of this title.
Location of StatuesHouse Concurrent Resolution 47, passed Feb. 24, 1933, 47 Stat. Part 2, 1784, provided: “That the Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, is hereby authorized and directed to relocate within the Capitol any of the statues already received and placed in Statuary Hall, and to provide for the reception and location of the statues received hereafter from the States.”
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 187a of this title.
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