Volume 82 · 1155
Public Law 90–593
Authorizing the erection of a statue of Benito Pablo Juarez on public grounds in the District of Columbia.
Approved October 17, 1968
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the erection of a statue of Benito Pablo Juarez on public grounds in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to select an appropriate site for the location of a statue, including pedestal therefor, of Benito Pablo Juarez, a gift of the Government of the United States of Mexico, on grounds now owned by the United States of America in the District of Columbia, and the erection thereof is hereby authorized, such authority to terminate five years from the effective date of this joint resolution unless erection of the statue is begun within that time: Provided,, That the choice of the site and the design of the statue shall be subject to the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission: Provided further, That the erection of the statue and proper landscape treatment of the site, including walks, shall be without expense to the United States of America, except for necessary maintenance after completion.
Approved October 17, 1968.