Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§8125 Public spaces resulting from filling of canals

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART D— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › Chapter CHAPTER 81— - ADMINISTRATIVE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - JURISDICTION › § 8125

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the National Park Service must manage public spaces made when canals in the original city of Washington were filled, except five areas (including places under the U.S. Army Chief of Engineers as of August 1, 1914, the navy yard, roads/sidewalks, a District property yard, and a sewage pumping station). Those spaces must be set aside as reservations and added to the District of Columbia park system.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §8125

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Director of the National Park Service has jurisdiction over all public spaces resulting from the filling of canals in the original city of Washington that were not under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army as of August 1, 1914, except spaces included in the navy yard or in actual use as roadways and sidewalks and spaces assigned by law to the District of Columbia for use as a property yard and the location of a sewage pumping station. The spaces shall be laid out as reservations as a part of the park system of the District of Columbia.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 812540:82.Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, § 1 (last par. on p. 633), 38 Stat. 633. For

Transfer of Functions

from the Chief of Engineers to the Director of the National Park Service, see the revision note under section 8102 of this title. However, the words “Chief of Engineers of the United States Army” in the source provision are retained for historical purposes.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

40 U.S.C. § 8125

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73