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Title 16 — Conservation

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

§ 440a. Change in name of Fort McHenry Park

Statutory text

The Fort McHenry National Park, in the State of Maryland, authorized by sections 437 to 440 of this title, shall hereafter be called and known as the “Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine”, and all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for this area under previous designations may be used in this area as redesignated.

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. 76–686 · 53 Stat. 1405

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 440a

    (Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section consists of a part of act . The remainder, relating to changing the name of “Abraham Lincoln National Park” to “Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park” (now “Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park”) is set out as section 217 of this title.

Credits

(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405.)

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