The Director of the National Park Service may authorize the temporary use of the Monument Grounds or ground south of the Executive Mansion or other reservations in the District of Columbia for playgrounds for children and adults, under regulations to be prescribed by him.
(Mar. 3, 1903, 32 Stat. 1122, ch. 1007.)
1981 Ed., § 8-124.
1973 Ed., § 8-128.
The functions of the Director of the National Park Service relating to public buildings were transferred to the Federal Works Administrator by § 303 (b) of Reorganization Plan No. I, July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1427. All functions of all officers of the Department of the Interior (including the Director of the National Park Service) and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with 2 exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262. All functions of the Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, together with all functions of the Federal Works Administrator, and all functions of the Commissioner of Public Buildings and the Public Buildings Administration, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by § 103(a) of the Act of June 30, 1949, 63 Stat. 380, ch. 288. The Federal Works Agency, the Office of Federal Works Administrator, the Office of Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the Public Buildings Administration, were abolished by § 103(b) of said Act. All functions with respect to acquiring space in buildings by lease and all functions with respect to assigning and reassigning space in buildings for use by agencies (including both space acquired by lease and space in government-owned buildings), were, with certain exceptions, transferred from the respective agencies in which theretofore vested to the Administrator of General Services by § 1 of 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 18, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 10 - Parks, Public Buildings, Grounds, and Space
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 10–103. Lease of lands acquired for park, parkway, or playground; term; renewal
§ 10–104. Control of park system; composition thereof
§ 10–105. Power to make and enforce vehicle and traffic regulations
§ 10–106. Jurisdiction and control of street parking
§ 10–107. Small parks at intersections of streets outside original city limits
§ 10–110. Portion of Water Street authorized to be part of park system
§ 10–113. Whitehaven Parkway — Adjustment of boundaries at Huidekoper Place
§ 10–114. Whitehaven Parkway — Exchange of federal property
§ 10–115. Whitehaven Parkway — Exchange authorized with property owners
§ 10–116. Whitehaven Parkway — Plats to be prepared
§ 10–117. Beach Parkway — Exchange of property to extend authorized
§ 10–118. Beach Parkway — Dedication and conveyances of exchanged land
§ 10–119. Beach Parkway — Power of Secretary of Interior to sell not curtailed
§ 10–120. Squares 612 and 613 made part of park system
§ 10–121. Fort Davis and Fort Dupont Parks
§ 10–122. Jurisdiction over reservation 185
§ 10–123. Use of spaces or reservations for widening roadways
§ 10–124. Use of public grounds for playgrounds
§ 10–125. Licenses for temporary structures on reservations used as playgrounds
§ 10–126. Part of Washington Aqueduct may be transferred for playground purposes
§ 10–127. Authority to make rules and regulations for playgrounds and recreation centers
§ 10–128. When authorization by Congress needed for building
§ 10–129. Letters of transfer and acceptance deemed authority for change in maps and for record
§ 10–130. Transfer of jurisdiction — Reservation 32
§ 10–131. Transfer of jurisdiction — Reservation 290
§ 10–132. Transfer of jurisdiction — Reservation 8
§ 10–133. Public convenience stations — Establishment; location; control
§ 10–134. Public convenience stations — Authority to make rules, regulations, and charges
§ 10–135. Part of reservation 13 transferred for use as indigent burial ground
§ 10–136. Site of former Georgetown Reservoir
§ 10–137. Authority to make rules and regulations for care of public grounds — Generally
§ 10–139. Public spaces resulting from filling of canals part of park system; exceptions
§ 10–140. Rock Creek Park — Establishment
§ 10–141. Rock Creek Park — Area
§ 10–142. Rock Creek Park — Control; duties of Director; regulations
§ 10–143. Rock Creek Park — Leasing authorized; disposition of proceeds
§ 10–144. Rock Creek Park — Acceptance of dedicated property authorized
§ 10–145. Rock Creek Park — Protection of Rock Creek and its tributaries
§ 10–146. Piney Branch Parkway
§ 10–147. Potomac Park — Establishment
§ 10–148. Potomac Park — Control
§ 10–149. Potomac Park — Restriction on construction of lagoon, etc., or speedway
§ 10–150. Potomac Park — Temporary occupancy by Department of Agriculture
§ 10–151. Potomac Park — Licenses for boathouses on banks of tidal reservoir
§ 10–154. Connecting parkway to be part of park system
§ 10–156. Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground — Acceptance of land authorized
§ 10–157. Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground — Part of park system
§ 10–158. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Maintenance, administration and development
§ 10–159. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Means of access; appropriations
§ 10–160. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Structures authorized; appropriations
§ 10–161. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Designation
§ 10–162. Public bathing beach authorized
§ 10–163. Bathing pools and beaches — Construction authorized; appropriations
§ 10–164. Bathing pools and beaches — Possession, control, and maintenance; fees
§ 10–165. Bathing pools and beaches — Operation; disposition of moneys received
§ 10–166. Transfers and jurisdiction
§ 10–166.01. Park Policy and Programs Division
§ 10–167. Crispus Attucks Park indemnification. [Not funded]