§ 430j. Monocacy National Battlefield; establishment

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. 1934

   Pub. L. 73–694 § 1 · 48 Stat. 1198

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 430j

   June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 1, 48 Stat. 1198

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 1, 48 Stat. 1198

2. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–578 title III § 319(1) · 90 Stat. 2732

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 430j

   Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “is declared a national battlefield to be known as the ‘Monocacy National Battlefield’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the battlefield’). The battlefield shall comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled ‘Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield’, numbered 894–40,000 and dated May 1976” for “is declared a national military park to be known as the ‘Monocacy National Military Park’, whenever the title to the lands deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Maryland”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “is declared a national battlefield to be known as the ‘Monocacy National Battlefield’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the battlefield’). The battlefield shall comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled ‘Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield’, numbered 894–40,000 and dated May 1976” for “is declared a national military park to be known as the ‘Monocacy National Military Park’, whenever the title to the lands deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Maryland”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) In section 1: (a) change “national military park” to “national battlefield” and (b) change “Monocacy National Military Park” to “Monocacy National Battlefield” (hereinafter referred to as “the battlefield”). The battlefield shall comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield”, numbered 894–40,000 and dated May 1976, and delete the remainder of the sentence.

3. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–607 title XIV § 140(a) · 94 Stat. 3539

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 430j

   Pub. L. 96–607 substituted provision directing that the battlefield be comprised of the area within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894/40,001A, dated April 1980, which map is to be on file and available for public inspection for provision directing that the battlefield be comprised of the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894–40,000, dated May 1976

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–607 substituted provision directing that the battlefield be comprised of the area within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894/40,001A, dated April 1980, which map is to be on file and available for public inspection for provision directing that the battlefield be comprised of the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894–40,000, dated May 1976.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Military Park at the battlefield of Monocacy, Maryland” approved June 21, 1934 (48 Stat. 1198) is amended by revising the first section thereof to read as follows: “That in order to commemorate the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, and to preserve for historical purposes the breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelters used by the armies therein, the battlefield at Monocacy in the State of Maryland is hereby established as the Monocacy National Battlefield. The battlefield shall comprise the area within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Monocacy National Battlefield’, numbered 894/40,001A, and dated April 1980, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.”.

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