Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 426e. Lands acquired declared national battlefield; name
Statutory text
Upon the ceding of jurisdiction by the legislature of the State of Tennessee and the report of the Attorney General of the United States that a perfect title has been acquired, the lands acquired under the provisions of sections 426 to 426j of this title, together with the area already inclosed within the national cemetery at the battlefield of Stones River and the Government reservation in said battlefield upon which is erected a large monument to the memory of the officers and soldiers of General Hazen’s brigade who fell on the spot, are declared to be a national battlefield, to be known as the Stones River National 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.
Pub. L. 69–374 § 6 · 44 Stat. 1399
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 426e
Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 6, 44 Stat. 1400
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 6, 44 Stat. 1400Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. That, upon the ceding of jurisdiction by the legislature of the State of Tennessee and the report of the Attorney General of the United States that a perfect title has been acquired, the lands acquired under the provisions of this Act, together with the area already inclosed within the national cemetery at the battle field of Stones River and the Government reservation in said battle field upon which is erected a large monument to the memory of the officers and soldiers of General Hazen’s brigade who fell on the spot, are hereby declared to be a national park, to be known as the Stones River National Park.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Stones River National Battlefield” and “national battlefield” substituted in text for “Stones River National Park” and “national park”, respectively, in view of redesignation of Stones River National Military Park as Stones River National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86–443. See section 426l of this title.
Credits
1927–1960 · 2 acts
- 1927Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 6, 44 Stat. 1400
- 1960Pub. L. 86–443, § 2, , 74 Stat. 82.
Show as published
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 6, 44 Stat. 1400; Pub. L. 86–443, § 2, , 74 Stat. 82.)