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16 U.S.C. § 425d — Duties of commission
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It shall be the duty of the commissioners, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to survey, locate, and preserve the lines of the opposing armies in said battles, to open, construct, and repair such roads, highways, paths, and other approaches as may be necessary to make the historical points accessible to the public and to students of said battles and for the purposes of the park, to ascertain and mark with historical monuments, markers, tablets, or otherwise, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, all breastworks, earthworks, gun emplacements, walls, or other defenses or shelters, lines of battle, location of troops, buildings, and other historical points of interest within the park or in its vicinity, and to establish and construct such observation towers as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary for said park, and the said commission in establishing the park shall have authority, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior to employ such labor and services at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and to obtain such supplies and materials as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 425 to 425j of this title.
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It shall be the duty of the commissioners, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to survey, locate, and preserve the lines of the opposing armies in said battles, to open, construct, and repair such roads, highways, paths, and other approaches as may be necessary to make the historical points accessible to the public and to students of said battles and for the purposes of the park, to ascertain and mark with historical monuments, markers, tablets, or otherwise, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, all breastworks, earthworks, gun emplacements, walls, or other defenses or shelters, lines of battle, location of troops, buildings, and other historical points of interest within the park or in its vicinity, and to establish and construct such observation towers as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary for said park, and the said commission in establishing the park shall have authority, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior to employ such labor and services at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and to obtain such supplies and materials as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 425 to 425j of this title.
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In order to commemorate the Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, including Salem Church, all located at or near Fredericksburg, Virginia, and to mark and preserve for historical purposes the breastworks, earthworks, gun emplacements, walls, or other defenses or shelters used by the armies in said battles, so far as the marking and preservation of the same are practicable, the land herein authorized to be acquired, or so much thereof as may be taken, and the highways and approaches herein authorized to be constructed, are declared to be a national military park to be known as the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial whenever the title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States, the said land so to be acquired being the land necessary for a park of the plan indicated on the index map sheet filed with the report of the Battle Field Commission appointed pursuant to an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the inspection of the battle fields in and around Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia,” approved on the 7th day of June 1924, said index map sheet being referred to in said report, and particularly in the “Combined Plan—Antietam system,” described in said report, the first of the plans mentioned in said report under the heading “Combined Plan—Antietam system” being the plan which is adopted, the said land herein authorized to be acquired being such land as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary to establish a park on the combined plan, Antietam system, above referred to, the particular boundaries of such land to be fixed by surveys made previous to the attempt to acquire the same, and authority is given to the Secretary of the Interior to acquire fo
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 425c
cultivate their present holdings, upon condition
that they will preserve the present breastworks,
earthworks, walls, defenses, shelters, buildings,
and roads, and the present outlines of the battle-
fields, and that they will only cut trees or un-
derbrush or disturb or remove the soil, under
such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior
may prescribe, and that they will assist in car-
ing for and protecting all tablets, monuments,
or such other artificial works as may from time
to time be erected by proper authority: Provided
further, That if such agreements to lease cover
any lands the title to which shall have been ac-
quired by the United States, the proceeds from
such agreements shall be applied by the Sec-
retary of the Interior toward the maintenance of
the park.
(Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 3, 44 Stat. 1092; Ex. Ord.
No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1,
July 28, 1933.)
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note
set out under section 425 of this title.
§ 425c. Commission; organization
The affairs of the said Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial
shall, subject to the supervision and direction of
the Secretary of the Interior, be in charge of
three commissioners, consisting of Army offi-
cers, civilians, or both, to be appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior, one of whom shall be
designated as chairman and another as sec-
retary of the commission.
(Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 4, 44 Stat. 1093; Ex. Ord.
No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1,
July 28, 1933.)
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note
set out under section 425 of this
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