All books purchased by the Board of Education shall be held as property of the District of Columbia and shall be loaned to pupils under such conditions as the Board of Education may prescribe.
D.C. Code § 38-702
Books remain District property
Jan. 31, 1930, 46 Stat. 62, ch. 32, § 2
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.