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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 422a. Acceptance of lands

Statutory text

The establishment of the Moores Creek National Battlefield shall be carried forward under the control and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, who is authorized to receive from the State of North Carolina a deed of conveyance to the United States of all the lands belonging to the said State, embracing thirty acres, more or less, and described more particularly in section 422 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 69–448 § 2 · 44 Stat. 684

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 422a

    June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 2, 44 Stat. 685

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 2, 44 Stat. 685

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. The establishment of the Moores Creek National Military Secretary of War to control, and accept conveyance of land from North Carolina. Park shall be carried forward under the control and direction of the Secretary of War, who is hereby authorized to receive from the State of North Carolina a deed of conveyance to the United States of all the lands belonging to the said State, embracing thirty acres, more or less, and described more particularly in the preceding section.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Battlefield” substituted in text for “Military Park” on authority of Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, , 94 Stat. 1136, which redesignated Moores Creek National Military Park as Moores Creek National Battlefield.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Administrative functions of Moores Creek National Military Park transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and 6228, set out as a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1926–1980 · 4 acts
  1. 1926June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 2, 44 Stat. 685
  2. 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2,
  3. 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1,
  4. 1980Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, , 94 Stat. 1136.
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(June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 2, 44 Stat. 685; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, ; Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, , 94 Stat. 1136.)

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