§ 425f. — 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: 16USC425f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 425f. Ascertaining and marking lines of battle
It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had
troops engaged in said battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court
House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, including Salem Church, or in
any of said battles, to enter upon the lands and approaches of the
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial for the
purposes 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 park: Provided, That no
discrimination shall be made against any State as to the manner of
designing lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of the
Interior may be used by any other State.
(Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, Sec. 7, 44 Stat. 1093; Ex. Ord. No. 6166,
Sec. 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under
section 425 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 425, 425d, 425e, 425j, 425k
of this title.
