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[CITE: 40USC100]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 100. Part of Washington Aqueduct for playground purposes

    The Chief of Engineers is authorized to transfer for playground 
purposes the possession, use, and control of all that portion of the 
land of the Washington Aqueduct adjacent to the Champlain Avenue pumping 
station and lying outside of the fence around said pumping station 
existing on August 31, 1918, to the control and jurisdiction of the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary 
of the Army over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurtenances, and 
fixtures connected with the same.

(Aug. 31, 1918, ch. 164, 40 Stat. 951; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 401, 
eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93-198, title 
IV, Sec. 421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on District of Columbia Appropriation Act of Aug. 
31, 1918.
    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 8-126.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, functions 
of Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to 
Commissioner of District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 
of 1967. Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established 
by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. 
L. 93-198, title VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and 
replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of 
Pub. L. 93-198, classified to section 1-241 of the District of Columbia 
Code. Accordingly, ``Mayor'' substituted in text for ``commissioner''.
    Department 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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 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.
