§ 450a. — Chalmette, Louisiana, Monument.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC450a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 450a. Chalmette, Louisiana, Monument
The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of a
monument to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the battle of New
Orleans in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, said monument to be
completed under the direction and approval of the Secretary of the Army:
Provided, That the State of Louisiana shall cede and transfer its
jurisdiction to the property on which said monument is to be completed
in accordance with the provisions of act numbered forty-one of the
legislature of that State, approved July nineteenth, nineteen hundred
and two: Provided further, That when said monument is completed the
responsibility of maintaining the same and keeping the grounds
surrounding it shall hereafter rest with the Government of the United
States; and there is authorized to be appropriated from time to time,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums
as may be necessary for such expenses.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2928, 34 Stat. 1411; June 2, 1930, ch. 369, 46 Stat.
489; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Amendments
1930--Act June 2, 1930, placed responsibility for maintaining
monument and grounds with United States Government and authorized
appropriations for expenses.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
Transfer of Functions
Administrative functions of Chalmette Monument and Grounds,
Louisiana transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No.
6166, Sec. 2, and Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, set out as notes under
section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. National
Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks, Buildings and
Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2, by act Mar. 2,
1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Chalmette National Historical Park
Designation of lands on which monument erected as Chalmette National
Historical Park, see section 231 of this title.
