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 72d CONG RESS. SESS. I. CHS. 47, 48. FEBRUARY 18, 1932 . 51 SEC. 3. A person violating any of the provisions of section 2 of laP n hment for vio- this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, February 18, 1932. [CHAPTER 48 .] AN ACT Fe brua ry I8, 1932 . To provide for the incorporation of the District of Columbia Commission, 	is .1366 .1 George Washington Bicentennial .. [Public, No. 36.1 B e it enact ed by the S enate and House of Re prese ntativ es of the Districtof Columbia, United States o f America in Congress assembled, That during the George Washington Bi- year 1932 the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George -inco nrpistoo+^°. Washington will be celebrated in the District of Columbia, and for vided. the purpose of preparing, sponsoring, and encouraging suitable programs, entertainments, and demonstrations Cloyd H. Ma rvin , William W. Everett, John Poole, Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, Clarence A. Aspinwall, George F. - Bowerman, William W. Bride, Thomas E. Campbell, James A. Cobb, John H. Cowles, Harrison H. Dodge, Robert V. Fleming, Isaac Gans, Edwin C. Graham, Gilbert H. Gros- venor, John Hays Hammond, George C. Havenner, J. Leo Kolb, David Lawr ence, Charles Moore, George Richards, A. K. S hipe, Ernest N. Smith, Edgar C. Snyder, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Anton Stephan, Merle Thorpe, Joseph P. Tumulty, Charles Stanley White, and Lloyd B. Wilson are hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the District of Columbia Commission, George Washington Bicentennial, and within the limits hereinafter pre- d A utho rity orc orp ora- corpora- scribed subject to the supervision of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia or subject to the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public P arks, as the case may be, the said corporation is hereby authorized- (a) To purchase, acquire by lease, or construct such structures, say A pl atf or ms, f neces- platorms, and stands for the conduct of the ~rograms, entertain- ments, and demonstrations as may be deemed necessary by said cor pora tion. (b) To manufacture, purchase, or otherwise acquire such para- do le y, etc. sters, sta - phe rnal ia, flags, po sters , st ation ery, bad ges, prog rams and othe r pr inted matter , and light ing fa ciliti es as may b e deem ed nec essary by the corporation for the purposes of said celebration. (c ) To e rect o r cont ract to be erecte d such struc tures, plat forms, f orms public of pl at- or stands on public space in the District of Columbia as may be deemed necessary by said corporation for the purposes hereof, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks are hereby authorized to grant ~Pe its to be such permit or permits as may be necessary for the occupation of public space in the District of Columbia under their immediate Proviso jurisdiction : Provided, That no structure, platform, or stand shall Approva] o fplans. be erected as aforesaid unless the plans thereof be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia where the same are intended to be erected on public space within their jurisdiction, or the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks where the same are intended to be erected on public space within the jurisdiction of that office. d To contra ct for the l easing and sublea sing o f such struc tures , Contracts for leasing subleasing s plxtrorms, ete . platforms, and stands as hay berected by said corporation to such i ndivid uals, partn ership s, or corpor ations.