§ 430p. — Right of States to enter and mark battle lines.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC430p]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 430p. Right of States to enter and mark battle lines
It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had
troops at the Battle of Monocacy to enter upon the lands and approaches
of the battlefield for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the line
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: Provided further, 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.
(June 21, 1934, ch. 694, Sec. 7, 48 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 94-578, title
III, Sec. 319(7), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2738.)
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-578 substituted ``battlefield'' for ``Monocacy
National Military Park'' and ``: Provided further,'' for ``, which
approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in
each case by the National Park Service: Provided,''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 430l, 430o, 430s of this
title.
