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[CITE: 40USC19]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 19. Supervision of public buildings and grounds in District 
        of Columbia not otherwise provided for by law; eviction of 
        trespassers
        
    The Administrator of General Services shall have charge of the 
public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, under such 
regulations as may be prescribed by the President, except those 
buildings and grounds which are otherwise provided for by law; and when 
it shall be made to appear to the said Administrator of General 
Services, or to the officer under his direction having immediate charge 
of said public buildings and grounds, that any person or persons is in 
unlawful occupation of any portion of said public lands in the District 
of Columbia, it shall be the duty of said officer in charge thereof to 
notify the marshal of the District of Columbia in writing of such 
unlawful occupation, and the said marshal shall thereupon cause the said 
trespasser or trespassers to be ejected from said lands, and shall 
restore possession of the same to the officer charged by law with the 
custody thereof.

(R.S. 1797; Apr. 28, 1902, ch. 594, 32 Stat. 152; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 
339, Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 983; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 
1933; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat. 389; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, 
Sec. 303, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1427; June 30, 1949, 
ch. 288, title I, Sec. 103(a), 63 Stat. 380; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 18, 
Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 1797 derived from acts Aug. 4, 1854, ch. 242, Sec. 15, 10 
Stat. 573; Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 167, Sec. 2, 14 Stat. 466; Feb. 14, 1874, 
ch. 22, 18 Stat. 14.
    R.S. Sec. 1797, as amended by act Apr. 28, 1902, gave the charge of 
public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia to the Chief of 
Engineers. The former contained only the provision that the Chief of 
Engineers should have charge of public buildings and grounds and ended 
with the words, ``otherwise provided for by law.'' The amendatory act of 
1902 added the provisions beginning with the words, ``and when it shall 
be made to appear,'' etc., to the end of the section.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions with respect to the operation, maintenance, and custody of 
office buildings owned by Government and of office or parts thereof 
acquired by lease, including those post-office buildings which, as 
determined by Director of Bureau of the Budget, are not used 
predominantly for post-office purposes, with certain exceptions, 
transferred from respective agencies in which theretofore vested to 
Administrator of General Services by section 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 18 of 
1950, set out as a note under section 490 of this title. For delegation 
of those transferred functions to other personnel of General Services 
Administration, or to heads and personnel of other agencies, and for 
transfer of personnel, property, records, and funds, see sections 3 and 
4 of that Plan.
    Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, 
together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred to 
Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30, 
1949, which is classified to section 753(a) of this title. Federal Works 
Agency and office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section 
103(b) of that act.
    Functions of Director of National Park Service relating to public 
buildings transferred to Federal Works Administrator by section 303(b) 
of Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees. Sections 301 and 303 of that Plan 
also transferred Public Buildings Branch of Procurement Division in 
Treasury Department, to Public Buildings Administration, at head of 
which was Commissioner of Public Buildings who acted under direction and 
supervision of Federal Works Administrator.
    Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of National Capital 
abolished and functions thereof transferred to Office of National Parks, 
Buildings and Reservations of Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 
6166, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5. Name of Office of 
National Parks, Buildings and Reservations changed to ``National Park 
Service'' by act Mar. 2, 1934.
    Office of Public Buildings and Grounds under Chief of Engineers 
abolished and functions of Chief of Engineers and of Secretary of War 
with respect thereto transferred to Director of Public Buildings and 
Public Parks of National Capital by act Feb. 26, 1925.

                 Effective Date of Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, 
see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 471 of this title.


 Transfer of Title of Wholly Owned Government Corporations' Buildings; 
                     Control and Allotment of Space

    Act July 30, 1947, ch. 358, title III, Sec. 306, 61 Stat. 584, 
provided in part: ``Title to all office buildings at the seat of 
government, which are owned by wholly owned Government corporations, and 
all right, title, or interest of such corporations in the land upon 
which such buildings are located are hereby transferred to the United 
States, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to 
discharge the indebtedness to the Treasury of any corporation holding 
such rights, title, or interests in any such land or building to the 
value thereof as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury as of the 
date of transfer: Provided, That in case of disagreement on the part of 
the head of the Corporation with respect to said value as determined, 
the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency shall make a final 
determination of the property value. Hereafter, such buildings shall be 
controlled and managed in the same manner as prescribed in the Act of 
March 1, 1919, as amended (former section 1 of this title).''


                            Cross References

    Draping of public buildings in mourning, see section 286 of this 
title.
    Improper use of streets, see section 66 of this title.
    Lease of building space by wholly owned Government corporations, and 
rental, see section 129 of this title.
    Operation of buildings and related activities by Administrator of 
General Services, general powers and duties, see section 490 of this 
title.
    Use of buildings for public ceremonies, see section 31 of this 
title.
    Vending stands for blind in Federal buildings, see section 107 et 
seq. of Title 20, Education.
