Volume 53
Public Law 76–622
Authorizing the selection of a site and the erection thereon of the Columbian Fountain in Washington, District of Columbia.
Approved August 9, 1939
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the selection of a site and the erection thereon of the Columbian Fountain in Washington, District of Columbia.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That authority is hereby granted to any association organized within two years from date of approval of this joint resolution for that purpose to erect the Columbian Fountain on an appropriate site on grounds now owned by the
Areas excluded.
United States in the District of Columbia other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Mall, or the Tidal Basin area.
Submission of plans, etc., for advisory assistance.
The location of said fountain and the plan for the development of the site shall be submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for advisory assistance
Direction of construction.
Proviso.
No Federal expense.
and the construction shall be under the direction of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior: Provided, That the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection
Revocation if funds insufficient to insure completion.
of said fountain and that unless funds, which in the estimation of the Secretary of the Interior are sufficient to insure the completion of the fountain, are certified available, and the erection of this fountain begun within five years from and after the passage of this joint resolution, the authorization hereby granted is revoked.
Approved, August 9, 1939.