Repealed.

History

Mar. 1, 1899, 30 Stat. 923, ch. 323, § 2

Apr. 5, 1935, 49 Stat. 106, ch. 41

Aug. 22, 1964, 78 Stat. 599, Pub. L. 88-486, § 1

Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-281, § 102(b), 48 DCR 1888

Apr. 19, 2002, D.C. Law 14-114, § 102, 49 DCR 1468

Oct. 19, 2002, D.C. Law 14-213, § 12(1), 49 DCR 8140

May 18, 2016, D.C. Law 21-118, § 3(b)

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.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 14-213, in subsec. (a), validated a previously made technical correction.

D.C. Law 14-114, in subsec. (a), substituted “an unsafe structure, except for a deteriorated structure under subchapter II of Chapter 31C of Title 42, or excavation,” for “said unsafe structure or excavation,”.

D.C. Law 13-281 designated subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 5-502.

1981 Ed., § 5-602.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 6-803.