The plans and specifications for all building construction administered by the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall be prepared under the supervision of the Municipal Architect, and shall be approved by the Mayor and all such construction shall be in conformity to such plans and specifications.

(July 1, 1943, 57 Stat. 324, ch. 184, § 1, par. 4; May 23, 1990, D.C. Law 8-131, § 3, 37 DCR 2211; June 22, 1990, D.C. Law 8-143, § 3, 37 DCR 2972.)

1981 Ed., § 9-218.

1973 Ed., § 9-219.

Change in government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.