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authorized and enipoAvered to enter into contracts within the full 

 limit of cost fixed by Congress therefor. 



Act M.-iy 30. 1908. c. 22S. s. 34, 35 Stat. 543. 



ACT AUGUST 24. 1912, c. 355. (37 Stat. 417.) 



No building on public grounds, etc., within District of Columbia without au- 

 thority of Congress. 



Hereafter there shall not be erected on any reservation, park, or 

 public grounds, of the United States within the District of Columbia, 

 any building or structure without express authority of Congress. 



Act August 24. 1912, c. 355, s. 1. 37 Stat. 444. 



This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1913. cited above. 



ACT ATJGTJST 5. 1882, c. 389. (22 Stat. 219.) 



Rent of buildings in District of Columbia, instead of others rented. 



* * * And where buildings are rented for public use in the 

 District of Columbia, the executive departments are authorized, 

 whenever it shall be advantageous to the public interest, to rent 

 others in their stead : Provided., That no increase in the number of 

 buildings now in use, nor in the amounts paid for rents, shall result 

 therefrom. 



Act August 5. 1882. c. 389. s. 1, 22 Stat. 241. 



This is a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appro- 

 priation act for the fiscal year 1883. cited above. 



Contracts for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia are not to 

 be niMde until appropriations have been made therefor, by a provision 

 of act March 3, 1877, c. 106. s. 1, set forth on p. 324, ante, under " Con- 

 tracts." 



Heads of departments are required to submit to Congress each year in 

 the annual e.stimates statements of the buildings rented in the District 

 of Columbia by their respective departments, by a provision of act March 

 .3, 1883, c. 12.8, s. 1. set forth on p. 312. ante, under " Estimates and 

 Reports." 



The Secretary of the Treasury is required to submit to Congress each 

 venr in the Rook of Estimates a statement of the buildings rented in the 

 District of Columbia for the use of the Government, by act July 1(5, 1892. 

 c. 196. s. 1. set forth on p. .312. ante, under " Estimates and Reports." 



ACT MARCH 3. 1893. c. 211. (27 Stat. 675.) 

 Public buildings not to be draped in mourning. 



Sec. 3. That hereafter no building owned, or used for public pur- 

 poses, bv the Government of the United States, shall be draped in 

 mourning and no part of the public fund shall be used for such 

 purpose. 



Act Miirch 3. 1893. c. 211. s. 3, 27 Stat. 715. 



This section is a part of the legislative, executive, and judicial aj>T)ro- 

 priation act for the fiscal year 1894. cited above. 



ACT APRIL 28. 1902. c. 594. (32 Stat. 120.) 



Use of public buildings for ceremonies of inauguration of President, or other 

 public function, forbidden. 

 That hereafter no public building, or the approaches thereto, other 

 than the Capitol building and the AVhite House, in the District of 

 Columbia, shall be u.sed or occupied in any manner whatever in con- 

 nection with ceremonies attending the inauguration of the President 



