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Title 16 — Conservation

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

§ 428f. Control of battlefield; regulations

Statutory text

The said Fort Donelson National Battlefield shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, and he is authorized to make all needed regulations for the care of the battlefield. The superintendent of the Fort Donelson National Cemetery shall likewise be the superintendent of and have the custody and care of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

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. 70–248 § 7 · 45 Stat. 367

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 428f

    Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 7, 45 Stat. 368

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 7, 45 Stat. 368

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 7. That the said Fort Donelson National Park shall be under the control of the Secretary of War, and he is hereby authorized to Superintendent. make all needed regulations for the care of the park. The superintendent of the Fort Donelson National Cemetery shall likewise be the superintendent of and have the custody and care of the Fort Donelson National Park, under the direction of the Secretary of War.

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.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 428 of this title.

Credits

1928–1960 · 4 acts
  1. 1928Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 7, 45 Stat. 368
  2. 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2,
  3. 1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1,
  4. 1960Pub. L. 86–738, §§ 4, 5, , 74 Stat. 876.
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(Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 7, 45 Stat. 368; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, ; Pub. L. 86–738, §§ 4, 5, , 74 Stat. 876.)

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