§ 433k. — Whitman Mission National Historic Site; acquisition of land; establishment, supervision and maintenance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC433k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 433k. Whitman Mission National Historic Site; acquisition
of land; establishment, supervision and maintenance
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire,
on behalf of the United States, by gift, the site of the Indian mission
established in 1836 by Marcus Whitman on the Walla Walla River in what
is now Walla Walla County, Washington, together with such additional
land, including a right-of-way to the nearest highway, as the Secretary
may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
The property acquired under the provisions of the first paragraph of
this section shall constitute the Whitman Mission National Historic Site
and shall be a public national memorial to Marcus Whitman and his wife,
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, who here established their Indian mission and
school, and ministered to the physical and spiritual needs of the
Indians until massacred with twelve others \1\ persons in 1847. The
Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the
Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and
control of such national historic site, and shall maintain and preserve
it for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States.
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\1\ So in original.
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(June 29, 1936, ch. 863, Secs. 1, 2, 49 Stat. 2028; Pub. L. 87-471, May
31, 1962, 76 Stat. 90.)
Change of Name
``Whitman Mission National Historic Site'' and ``national historic
site'' substituted in text for ``Whitman National Monument'' and
``national monument'', respectively, pursuant to Pub. L. 87-471, which
redesignated Whitman National Monument as Whitman Mission National
Historic Site. See section 433n of this title.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 433n of this title.
