§ 427. Site of battle with Sioux Indians; purchase; erection of monument

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, such land as may be deemed appropriate, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, on the site of the battle with the Sioux Indians in which the commands of Major Marcus A. Reno and Major Frederick W. Benteen were engaged, and to erect thereon a suitable monument and historical tablet.

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. 69–138 § 1 · 44 Stat. 251
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 427
(Apr. 14, 1926, ch. 138, § 1, 44 Stat. 251.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Apr. 14, 1926, ch. 138, § 1, 44 Stat. 251.)

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Credits

(Apr. 14, 1926, ch. 138, § 1, 44 Stat. 251.)