§ 410oo. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410oo]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-M--NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 410oo. Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are to--
(1) preserve and interpret the history of Natchez, Mississippi,
as a significant city in the history of the American South;
(2) preserve and interpret the sites and structures associated
with all the peoples of Natchez and its surrounding area from
earliest inhabitants to the modern era, and including blacks both
slave and free;
(3) preserve and interpret the region's social, political, and
economic development, with particular emphasis on the pre- and post-
Civil War eras; and
(4) preserve and interpret the region's commercial and
agricultural history, especially in relation to the Mississippi
River and cotton.
(Pub. L. 100-479, Sec. 1, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2324.)
