Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 428e. 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 428 to 428d and 428e to 428i of this title, together with the area already inclosed within the national cemetery at the battle field of Fort Donelson, are declared to be a national battlefield, to be known as the Fort Donelson 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. 70–248 § 6 · 45 Stat. 367
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 428e
Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 6, 45 Stat. 368
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 6, 45 Stat. 368Enacted 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 Fort Donelson, are hereby declared to be a national park, to be known as the Fort Donelson National Park.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Fort Donelson National Battlefield” and “battlefield” substituted in text for “Fort Donelson National Military Park” and “park”, respectively, in view of redesignation of Fort Donelson National Military Park as Fort Donelson National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86–738. See section 428n of this title.
Credits
1928–1960 · 2 acts
- 1928Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 6, 45 Stat. 368
- 1960Pub. L. 86–738, § 4, , 74 Stat. 876.
Show as published
(Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 6, 45 Stat. 368; Pub. L. 86–738, § 4, , 74 Stat. 876.)