Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73
§505 Extension of wires along parade routes
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part Part A— - Observances and Ceremonies › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES › § 505
Summary
Allow communications companies overhead parade-route wires; Mayor, Interior Secretary, and Inaugural Committee may permit them, and the wires must be removed within 10 days after the inaugural period ends.
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Title 36, §505
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Inaugural Committee may allow communications companies to extend overhead wires to places along a parade route that are considered convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes. The wires shall be removed not later than 10 days after the inaugural period ends.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50536:727.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 7, 70 Stat. 1050. 36:730.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 10, as added Jan. 30, 1968, Pub. L. 90–251, § 4, 82 Stat. 4. The words “communications companies” are substituted for “telegraph, telephone, radio-broadcasting, and television companies” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36 U.S.C. § 505
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73