§ 422b. Duties of Secretary of the Interior

Statutory text

The affairs of the Moores Creek National Battlefield shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be the duty of the Interior Department, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to open or repair such roads as may be necessary to the purposes of the battlefield, and to ascertain and mark with historical tablets or otherwise, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, all lines of battle of the troops engaged in the Battle of Moores Creek, and other historical points of interest pertaining to the battle within the battlefield or its vicinity; and the Secretary of the Interior in establishing this battlefield is authorized to employ such labor and services and to obtain such supplies and material as may be considered best for the interest of the Government, and the Secretary of the Interior shall make and enforce all needed regulations for the care of the battlefield.

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.

1926
Pub. L. 69–448 § 3 · 44 Stat. 684
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 422b
June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 3, 44 Stat. 685
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 3, 44 Stat. 685

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Battlefield” and “battlefield” substituted in text for “Military Park” and “park”, respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1136, which redesignated Moores Creek National Military Park as Moores Creek National Battlefield.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 422a of this title.

Credits

1926–1980 · 4 acts

1926June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 3, 44 Stat. 685
1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933
1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933
1980Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1136.

Show as published

(June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 3, 44 Stat. 685; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1136.)