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title: "2 U.S.C. § 1963"
description: "Protection of grounds"
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title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
chapter_number: "29"
chapter_name: "CAPITOL POLICE"
section: "1963"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 1963 - Protection of grounds
## Text
It shall be the duty of the Capitol police on and after April 29, 1876, to prevent any portion of the Capitol Grounds and terraces from being used as playgrounds or otherwise, so far as may be necessary to protect the public property, turf and grass from destruction or injury.
(Apr. 29, 1876, ch. 86, 19 Stat. 41.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 214 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.