Volume 53
Public Law 76–640
To provide for the establishment of the Chalmette National Historical Park in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.
Approved August 10, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the establishment of the Chalmette National Historical Park in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the lands in Federal ownership located in Chalmette, Louisiana, in sections 10 and 21, township 13 south, range 12 east, Saint Helena meridian, on which there has been erected a monument pursuant to the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1411), as amended by the Act of June 2, 1930 (46 Stat. 489), to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, including the national cemetery at Chalmette, Louisiana, are hereby designated as the Chalmette National Historical Park.
Sec. 2.
That upon the vesting of title in the United States to such additional lands as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary and desirable for the purposes of the Chalmette National Historical Park, such lands shall become a part of the said park and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto:
Proviso.
Limitation.
Provided, however, That the total area included within the said park and any enlargement thereof shall not exceed five hundred acres.
Sec. 3.
That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire in behalf of the United States, through donations or by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by
condemnation in accordance with the Act of August 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 357), lands, buildings, structures, and other property, or interests therein, located within the boundaries of the Chalmette National Park as fixed and determined hereunder, the title to such property and interests to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, and to accept donations of funds for the acquisition and maintenance
Proviso.
Payment from donated funds.
Administration.
thereof: Provided, That payment for such property or interests shall be made solely from donated funds.
Sec. 4.
The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national historical park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service,
16 U. S. C. §§ 1–4; Supp. IV, § 2.
subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes.”
Sec. 5.
All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Approved, August 10, 1939.