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Title 16 — Conservation

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

§ 423h. Report of completion; superintendent of battlefield

Statutory text

Upon completion of the acquisition of the land and the work of the commission, the Secretary of the Interior shall render a report thereon to Congress, and thereafter the battlefield shall be placed in charge of a superintendent at a salary to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and paid out of the appropriation available for the maintenance 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.

  1. Pub. L. 69–746 § 9 · 44 Stat. 822

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 423h

    July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 9, 44 Stat. 823

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 9, 44 Stat. 823

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9. Upon completion of the acquisition of the land and the Report to Congress on acquisition of the land. work of the commission, the Secretary of War shall render a report thereon to Congress, and thereafter the park shall be placed in charge of a superintendent at a salary to be fixed by the Secretary Superintendent to be appointed. of War and paid out of the appropriation available for the maintenance of the park.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Battlefield” substituted in text for “park” in view of redesignation of Petersburg National Military Park as Petersburg National Military Battlefield by Pub. L. 87–603. See section 423h–1 of this title.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 423 of this title.

Credits

1926–1962 · 4 acts
  1. 1926July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 9, 44 Stat. 823
  2. 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2,
  3. 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1,
  4. 1962Pub. L. 87–603, § 1, , 76 Stat. 403.
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(July 3, 1926, ch. 746, § 9, 44 Stat. 823; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, ; Pub. L. 87–603, § 1, , 76 Stat. 403.)

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