Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 430v. Monuments and memorials; regulations; historical markers
Statutory text
Upon creation of the national battlefield park the Secretary of the Interior shall—
Allow monuments and memorials to be erected in the park by and to the various organizations and individuals of either the Union or Confederate Armies, subject to the written approval of said Secretary as to the location and character of such monuments and memorials.
Make such regulations as are necessary from time to time for the care and protection of the park. Any person violating such regulations shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.
Provide for the ascertainment and marking of the route of march of the Union and Confederate Armies from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Georgia, and of principal battle lines, breastworks, fortifications, and other historical features along such route, and for the maintenance of such markers to such extent as deemed advisable and practicable.
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. 74–315 § 3 · 49 Stat. 423
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 430v
(June 26, 1935, ch. 315, § 3, 49 Stat. 423.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 26, 1935, ch. 315, § 3, 49 Stat. 423.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. Upon creation of the national battlefield park the Secretary of the Interior shall— (a) Allow monuments and memorials to be erected in the park Erection of monuments, etc. by and to the various organizations and individuals of either the Union or Confederate Armies, subject to the written approval of said Secretary as to the location and character of such monuments and memorials. (b) Make such regulations as are necessary from time to time for Regulations. Punishment for violations. the care and protection of the park. Any person violating such regulations shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. (c) Provide for the ascertainment and marking of the route of Marking battle lines, etc. march of the Union and Confederate armies from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Georgia, and of principal battle lines, breastworks, fortifications, and other historical features along such route,and for the maintenance of such markers to such extent as deemed advisable and practicable.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(June 26, 1935, ch. 315, § 3, 49 Stat. 423.)