§ 423. — Petersburg National Battlefield; establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC423]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 423. Petersburg National Battlefield; establishment
In order to commemorate the campaign and siege and defense of
Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864 and 1865 and to preserve for historical
purposes the breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or
shelters used by the armies therein, the battle fields at Petersburg, in
the State of Virginia, are declared a national battlefield whenever the
title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States by
donation and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same
shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Virginia--
that is to say, one hundred and eighty-five acres or so much thereof as
the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary in and about the city
of Petersburg, State of Virginia.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 746, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 822; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 87-603,
Sec. 1, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 403.)
Change of Name
``National battlefield'' substituted in text for ``national military
park'' in view of redesignation of Petersburg National Military Park as
Petersburg National Battlefield by Pub. L. 87-603. See section 423h-1 of
this title.
Transfer of Functions
Administrative functions of Petersburg National Military Park
transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and
6228, set out as notes 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, by
act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Transfer of Portion of Lands to Secretary of the Army
Act June 5, 1942, ch. 345, 56 Stat. 322, provided: ``That the
Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the Secretary of War [Army]
jurisdiction over all lands owned by the United States lying south and
east of the Hickory Hill Road within the Petersburg National Military
Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Upon the date of the transfer, the
lands shall cease to be a part of the Petersburg National Military Park
and the Secretary of War [Army] shall thereafter administer the lands
for military purposes.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 423c, 423d, 423h-1, 423h-2
of this title.
