An Act relating to the policing of the building and grounds of the Smithsonian Institution and its constituent bureaus
PL 82-206 (H.R.1038), enacted 10/24/1951

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or salary shall be paid a retired postmaster, officer, or employee for 
services rendered during the period beginning July 1, 1951, and end-
ing with the date of his retirement. 
(c) In the case of any employee who entered the field service of the 
Post Office Department after July 1, 1951, and prior to, or on, the 
date of enactment of this Act, the term "effective date", as used in this 
Act, means the day of entry of such employee into the field service. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
October 24,1951 
[S. 466] 
Public Law 205 
CHAPTER 558 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to 
the Department of the Army certain property in Saint Louis, Missouri. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re'presentatiwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed to transfer, 
without reimbursement, to the Department of the Army those build-
ings formerly known as the War Assets Administration Sales Build-
ings, located at 8900 South Broadway, Saint Louis, Missouri, together 
with the land and facilities in connection therewith, and now under 
the control and jurisdiction of the General Services Administration. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
October 24,1951 
[H. R. 1038] 
Public Law 206 
CHAPTER 559 
AN ACT 
Relating to the policing of the buildings and grounds of the Smithsonian 
Institution and its constituent bureaus. 
Restrictions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Smithsonian insti- l/mted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
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buildings of the Smithsonian Institution and the Trustees of the National 
and grounds. 
Gallery of Art, or their authorized representatives, may designate 
employees of their respective agencies as special policemen, without 
additional compensation for duty in connection with the policing of 
the respective buildings and grounds specified in section 9 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. Public travel in and occupancy of the specified grounds is 
hereby restricted to the sidewalks and other paved surfaces, except in 
the National Zoological Park. 
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for anyone other than an authorized 
employee or concessionaire to offer or expose any article for sale within 
the specified buildings or grounds; or to display any sign, placard, or 
other form of advertisement; or to solicit alms, subscriptions, or 
contributions therein. 
SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for anyone other than an authorized 
employee to touch or handle objects of art or scientific or historical 
objects on exhibition, or for anyone to step or climb upon, remove, 
or in any way injure any object of art, exhibit, including exhibit 
animals, equipment, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architec-
tural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf, within the specified 
buildings or grounds. 
SEC. 5. (a) In addition to the restrictions and requirements specified 
in sections 2 to 4, inclusive, of this Act, the Secretary of the Smith-
Regulati(ms. 
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sonian Institution and the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art 
may prescribe for their respective agencies such regulations as are 
deemed necessary for the adequate protection of the specified buildings 
and grounds and of persons and property therein, and for the mainte-
nance of suitable order and decorum within the specified building 
and grounds, including the control of traffic and parking of vehicles m 
the National Zoological Park. 
(b) All regulations promulgated under the authority of this section 
shall be printed in the Federal Register and shall not become effective 
until the expiration of ten days after the date of such publication. 
SEC. 6. Whoever violates any provision of sections 2 to 4, inclusive, 
of this Act, or any regulation prescribed under section 5 of this Act, 
shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than sixty 
days, or both, prosecution for such offenses to be had in the municipal 
court for the District of Columbia, upon information by the United 
States attorney or any of his assistants: Provided^ That in any case 
where, in the commission of such offense, property is damaged 
in an amount exceeding $100, the amount of the fine for the offense 
may be not more than $5,000, the period of imprisonment for the 
offense may be not more than five years and prosecution shall be had 
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by 
indictment, or if the defendant, after he has been advised of the 
nature of the charge and of his rights, waives in open court prosecution 
by indictment, by information by the United States attorney or any of 
his assistants. 
SEC. 7. The special police provided for in section 1 of this Act shall 
have the power, within the specified buildings and grounds, to enforce 
and make arrests for violations of any provision of sections 2 to 4, 
inclusive, of this Act, of any regulation prescribed under section 5 
of this Act, or of any law of the United States or of any State or any 
regulation promulgated pursuant thereto. 
SEC. 8. In order to permit authorized services, training programs, 
and ceremonies within the specified buildings and grounds, the Secre-
tarv of the Smithsonian Institution or the Trustees of the National 
Gallery of Art or their designated representatives may suspend for 
their respective agencies so much of the prohibitions contained in sec-
tions 2 to 4, inclusive, of this Act as may be necessary for the occasion 
or circumstance, but only if responsible officers shall have been 
appointed, and arrangements determined which are adequate, in the 
judgment of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution or the 
Trustees of the National Gallery of Art or their designees, for the 
maintenance of suitable order and decorum in the proceedings, and 
for the protection of the specified buildings and grounds and of per-
sons and property therein. 
SEC. 9. For the purpose of this Act "buildings and grounds" shall 
mean— 
(a) The Smithsonian Institution and its grounds, which shall be 
held to be (1) the Smithsonian Building and service roads, including 
parking and unloading areas; (2) the Arts and Industries Building 
and service roads, including parking and unloading areas; (3) the 
Natural History Building and service roads, including parking and 
unloading areas; (4) the Freer Gallery of Art Building; (5) the Air-
craft Building; (6) the South Shed and surrounding service roads, 
including parking and unloading areas; (7) the Astrophysical 
Observatory buildings and enclosed area; and (8) the National 
Zoological Park inside the boundary fence of the National Zoological 
Park and the public space between said fence and the curb lines of 
the adjacent streets. 
Publication in Fed-
eral Register. 
Penalties for viola-
tions. 
Power of special 
police. 
Suspension of pro-
hibitions for ceremo-
nies, etc. 
"Buildings and 
grounds." 
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(b) The National Gallery of Art and its grounds, which shall be 
held to extend to the line of the face of the south curb of Constitution 
Avenue Northwest, between Seventh Street Northwest, and Fourth 
Street Northwest, to the line of the face of the west curb of Fourth 
Street Northwest, between Constitution Avenue Northwest, and Madi-
son Drive Northwest; to the line of the face of the north curb of 
Madison Drive Northwest, between Fourth Street Northwest, and 
Seventh Street Northwest; and to the line of the face of the east 
curb of Seventh Street Northwest, between Madison Drive Northwest, 
and Constitution Avenue Northwest. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
Public Law 207 
CHAPTER 560 
AN ACT 
October 25,1961 
IH. R. 5329] 
To increase the salaries of tlie Metropolitan Police, the United States Park 
Police, the White House Police, members of the Fire Department of the District 
of Columbia, and employees of the Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia. 
Be it encwted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
nr^o??c'^fnr'*^^r/«?n United States of Ainerica in Congress osemMed, That (a) the annual 
D. c. employees. 
Compensation (including basic salary and additional compensation m 
^Policemen an re- j ^ ^ ^ ^^ overtime pay and night pay differential) of each officer and 
member of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the 
White House Police, and the Fire Department of the District of Co-
lumbia, as increased by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for an 
adjustment of salaries of the Metropolitan Police, the United States 
Park Police, the White House Police, and the members of the Fire 
Department of the District of Columbia, to conform with tlie increased 
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amended and by the Act entitled "An Act to increase the compensation 
of certain employees of the municipal government of the District of 
63 Stat. 376. 
Columbia, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1949, shall be 
further increased by 10 per centum, (plus 8 per centum of such 10 
per centum as additional compensation in lieu of overtime pay and 
night pay differential) except that in no case shall such compensation 
be increased by less than $300 per annum or by more than $800 per 
annum. The proviso contained in the first sentence of the first section 
of said Act of June 30,1949, is hereby repealed; but no officer or mem-
bers covered by this section shall, by reason of the enactment of this 
section, be paid with respect to any pay period, basic salary, or basic 
salary plus additional compensation at a rate in excess of $11,130 per 
annum. 
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(^) (1) Each employee of the Board of Education of the District 
of Columbia whose salary is fixed and regulated by the District of 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, except the Superintendent of 
Schools, shall receive, in addition to the compensation already pro-
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3 Stat, ^-^j^^ ^^ ^^^Y\ Act and by the Act of June 30,1949, compensation at the 
rate of 10 per centum of the aggregate compensation provided by such 
Acts, except that in no case shall the additional compensation provided 
for in this paragraph be increased by less than $300 per annum or by 
more than $800 per annum. 
(2) The basic and maximum salaries for all salary classes in Title I 
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of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, except class 
29, are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case 
shall any such basic or maximum salary be increased by less than 
$300 per annum or by more than $800 per annum.