All changes and improvements in the Capitol grounds, including approaches to the Capitol, shall be estimated for in detail, showing what modifications are proposed and the estimate cost of the same.
(Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 143, 22 Stat. 621.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was classified to section 173 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
Section is based on act Mar. 3, 1883, popularly known as the “Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1884”.
Similar ProvisionsEnlargement of the Capitol grounds by the acquisition of certain squares in the city of Washington, provided by the following Sundry Civil Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914.
June 23, 1913, ch. 3, 38 Stat. 44.
Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, 37 Stat. 454.
Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1414.
June 25, 1910, ch. 384, 36 Stat. 738.