Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60
§8125 Public Spaces Resulting From Filling of Canals
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part D— PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › Chapter 81— ADMINISTRATIVE › Subchapter II— JURISDICTION › § 8125
Summary
NPS Director manages canal lands in the original city of Washington not under the Chief of Engineers on August 1, 1914, excluding Navy Yard, roads/sidewalks, and sites assigned to D.C. for a property yard and sewage pump; they must be D.C. park reservations.
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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Citation
40 U.S.C. § 8125
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60