§ 421. — Vacancies occurring in commissions in charge of parks not to be filled.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC421]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 421. Vacancies occurring in commissions in charge of parks
not to be filled
Vacancies occurring by death or resignation in the membership of the
several commissions in charge of national military parks shall not be
filled, and the duties of the offices thus vacated shall devolve upon
the remaining commissioners or commissioner for each of said parks. As
vacancies occur the Secretary of the Army shall become ex officio a
member of the commission effected with full authority to act with the
remaining commissioners or commissioner, and in case of the vacation of
all the offices of commissioner in any one park hereunder the duties of
such commission shall thereafter be performed under the direction of the
Secretary of the Army.
(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 442; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
Transfer of Functions
Administrative functions of certain national military parks
transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933, set out as
a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks,
Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Secretary of the Air Force
For transfer of certain membership functions to Secretary of the Air
Force, without prejudice to continued membership of Secretary of the
Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40, July 22, 1949.
