§ 430j. — Monocacy 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: 16USC430j]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 430j. Monocacy National Battlefield; establishment
That in order to commemorate the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, and
to preserve for historical purposes the breastworks, earthworks, walls,
or other defenses or shelters used by the armies therein, the
battlefield at Monocacy in the State of Maryland is hereby established
as the Monocacy National Battlefield. The battlefield shall comprise the
area within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled
``Monocacy National Battlefield,'' numbered 894/40,001A, and dated April
1980, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(June 21, 1934, ch. 694, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 1198; Pub. L. 94-578, title
III, Sec. 319(1), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2738; Pub. L. 96-607, title
XIV, Sec. 140(a), Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3546.)
Amendments
1980--Pub. L. 96-607 substituted provision directing that the
battlefield be comprised of the area within the boundary generally
depicted on the map entitled Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered
894/40,001A, dated April 1980, which map is to be on file and available
for public inspection for provision directing that the battlefield be
comprised of the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled
Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894-40,000, dated May
1976.
1976--Pub. L. 94-578 substituted ``is declared a national
battlefield to be known as the `Monocacy National Battlefield'
(hereinafter referred to as `the battlefield'). The battlefield shall
comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled `Boundary,
Monocacy National Battlefield', numbered 894-40,000 and dated May 1976''
for ``is declared a national military park to be known as the `Monocacy
National Military Park', whenever the title to the lands deemed
necessary by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been acquired by
the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of
the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of
Maryland''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 430l, 430o, 430s of this
title.
