For the construction on the site of the Jones Elementary School at First and L Streets Northwest, of a building for a Health Center, including necessary fixed equipment therefor, $165,000, of which sum $7,000 shall be available for preparation of plans and specifications, administration and inspection, including the employment of personal services without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, provided, that all buildings belonging to the District of Columbia shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

History

June 29, 1937, 50 Stat. 377, ch. 403, § 1

Change in Government

This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 9-133.

1981 Ed., § 9-129.