362 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



of the United States, or other public function, except as may here- 

 after be expressly authorized by law. 



Act April 28, 1902, c. 594, s. 1. 32 Stat. 152. 



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

 priation act for the fiscal year 1903, cited above. 



ACT MARCH 3, 1883, c. 143. (22 Stat. 603.) 

 Shutting off flow of water in public buildings. 



* * * all officers in charge of public buildings in the District 

 of Columbia shall cause the flow of water in the buildings under 

 their charge to be shut off from five o'clock post meridian to eight 

 o'clock ante meridian : Provided^ That the water in said public build- 

 ings is not necessarily in use for public business. 



Act .March 3. 1SS3, c. 143, 22 Stat. 615. 



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

 year 1884, clte<l above. 



ACT MARCH 3. 1877, c. 105. (19 Stat. 344.) 

 Report of consumption of gas in public buildings. 



* * * That the .superintendent of meters at the Capitol shall 

 hereafter take the statement of the meters of the several Department 

 buildings in the city of Washington and render to the proper account- 

 ing officers of the Treasury Department the consumption of gas each 

 month in said buildings respectively. 



Act March 3, 1877, c lOo, 19 Stat. 359. 



This is a proviso annexed to the sundry civil appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1878, cited above. A proviso in the same words accompanied 

 the similar appropriation act for the preceding fiscal year. 



ACT JULY 29, 1892, c. 320. (27 Stat. 322.) 



Laws of District of Columbia for protection of property and preservation of 

 peace and order, extended to buildings and grounds of United States in 

 the District. 



Sec. 15. That the provisions of the several laws and regulations 

 within the District of Columbia for the protection of public or private 

 property and the proservntion of peace and order be, and the same 

 are liereby, extended to all public building.s and public grounds be- 

 longing to the United States within the District of Columbia. And 

 any person guilty of disorderly and unlawful conduct in or about 

 the same, or who shall willfully injure the buildings or shrubs, or 

 shall pull down, impair, or otherwise injure any fence, wall, or other 

 inclosure, or .shall mjure any sink, culvert, pipe, hydrant, cistern, 

 lamp, or bridge, or shall remove any stone, gravel, sand, or other 

 property of the United States or any other part of the public grounds 

 or lots belonging to the United States in the District of Columbia, 

 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than fifty dollars. 



Act July 29, 1892. c. 320, s. 15, 27 Stat. 325. 



ACT MARCH 4. 1907, c. 2918. (34 Stat. 1295.) 



Restriction of expenditures for production of electricity, from appropriations 

 for buildings. 



Skc. 1). \o appropriation heretofore or hereafter made for the con- 

 struction or equipment of any executive or municipal building in the 

 District of Columbia shall be expended for the production of elec- 



