§ 423c. — Duties of commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC423c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 423c. Duties of commission
It shall be the duties of the commissioners, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior, to superintend the opening or repair of
such roads as may be necessary to the purposes of the battlefield, and
to ascertain and mark with historical tablets or otherwise, as the
Secretary of the Interior may determine, all breastworks, earthworks,
walls, or other defenses or shelters, lines of battle, location of
troops, buildings, and other historical points of interest within the
battlefield or in its vicinity, and the said commission in establishing
the battlefield shall have authority, under the direction of the
Secretary of the Interior, to employ such labor and service at rates to
be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and to obtain such supplies
and materials as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
sections 423, 423a, and 423b to 423h of this title.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 746, Sec. 4, 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
``Battlefield'' substituted in text for ``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
Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under
section 423 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 423d, 423h-1, 423h-2 of this
title.
