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[CITE: 40USC48]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 48. Obedience to President by Chief of Engineers

    The Chief of Engineers shall obey, in the discharge of the duties 
mentioned in section 45 of this title, such regulations, pursuant to 
law, as may be prescribed by the President, through the Department of 
the Army.

(R.S. Sec. 1801; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 
501.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 1801 derived from acts May 2, 1828, ch. 45, Sec. 4, 4 
Stat. 266; Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 84, Sec. 1, 11 Stat. 435; June 25, 1860, 
ch. 211, Sec. 1, 12 Stat. 106; Mar. 30, 1867, ch. 20, Sec. 3, 15 Stat. 
12.

                         Change of Name

    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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 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.
