Volume 45
Public Law 70–690
Authorizing the President of the United States to accept a monumental urn to be presented by the Republic of Cuba, and providing for its erection on an appropriate site on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.
Approved May 22, 1928
Statutory text
Joint Resolution
Authorizing the President of the United States to accept a monumental urn to be presented by the Republic of Cuba, and providing for its erection on an appropriate site on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President
Cuba.
Acceptance of a monumental urn from, to be erected on public grounds in Washington, D. C.
of the United States is hereby authorized to accept as a gift from the Republic of Cuba, a monumental urn which shall be erected on a site on the public grounds of the United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the White. House, or the grounds south of the White House: Provided, That the site shall be chosen by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital with
Provisos.
Site to be chosen.
the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress and the National Commission of Fine Arts: Provided further, That the
Supervision of erection.
urn shall be erected under the direction and supervision of the said Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum to
Sum authorized for erection, etc.
cover the entire cost of the erection and dedication of the said urn.
Approved, May 22, 1928.