Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 426. Stones River National Battlefield; establishment; appointment of commission
Statutory text
A commission is created, to be composed of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior:
A commissioned officer of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army;
A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the United States; and
A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the Confederate States of America.
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.
Pub. L. 69–374 § 1 · 44 Stat. 1399
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 426
Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 1, 44 Stat. 1399
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 1, 44 Stat. 1399Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) A commissioned officer of the Corps of Engineers, United Army Engineer officer, States Army;
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Stones River National Military Park redesignated Stones River National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86–443. See section 426l of this title.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Administrative functions of Stones River National Military Park transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and 6228, set out as notes under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Administrative functions of Stones River National Battlefield assigned to Department of the Interior by section 3 of Pub. L. 86–443, set out as section 426m of this title.
National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, § 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Credits
1927–1960 · 4 acts
- 1927Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 1, 44 Stat. 1399
- 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2,
- 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1,
- 1960Pub. L. 86–443, §§ 2, 3, , 74 Stat. 82.
Show as published
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 1, 44 Stat. 1399; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, ; Pub. L. 86–443, §§ 2, 3, , 74 Stat. 82.)