§ 423e. — Ascertaining and marking lines of battle.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC423e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 423e. Ascertaining and marking lines of battle
It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had
troops engaged at Petersburg, to enter upon the lands and approaches of
the Petersburg National Battlefield for the purpose of ascertaining and
marking the lines of battle of troops engaged therein: Provided, That
before any such lines are permanently designated, the position of the
lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or
otherwise, including the design and inscription for the same, shall be
submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and shall first receive
written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall be based upon
formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the
commissioners of the battlefield: Provided, That no discrimination shall
be made against any State as to the manner of designating lines, but any
grant made to any State by the Secretary of the Interior may be used by
any other State.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 746, Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 823; 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
``Petersburg National Battlefield'' and ``battlefield'' substituted
in text for ``Petersburg National Military Park'' and ``park'',
respectively, 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 423c, 423d, 423h-1, 423h-2
of this title.
