16 U.S.C. § 425h — Rules and regulations

Page 487 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 425k Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 425 of this title. § 425g. Protection of monuments, etc. If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of the Interior, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, col- umn, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be grow- ing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or de- stroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed, or any court of competent jurisdiction, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than $5 nor more than $50, one-half for the use of the park and the other half to the informer, to be enforced and recovered before such justice in like manner as debts of like nature were, on February 14, 1927, by law recoverable in the sev- eral counties where the offense may be com- mitted. (Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 8, 44 Stat. 1094; 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. § 425h. Rules and regulations The Secretary of the Interior, subject to the approval of the President, shall have the power to make and shall make all needful rules and regulations for the care of the park, and for the establishment and marking of lines of battle and other historical features of the park. (Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 9, 44 Stat. 1094; 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. § 425i. Report of completion of acquisition of land and work of commission; super- intendent of park Upon completion of the acquisition of the land and the work of the commission, the Secretary of the Interior shall render a report thereon to Congress, and thereafter the park shall be placed in charge of a superintendent at a salary to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and paid out of the appropriation available for the maintenance of the park. (Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 10, 44 Stat. 1094; 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. § 425j. Authorization of appropriation To enable the Secretary of the Interior to begin to carry out the provisions of sections 425 to 425j of this title, including the condemnation, purchase, or lease of the necessary lands, sur- veys, maps, marking the boundaries of the park, opening, constructing, or repairing necessary roads, pay and expenses of commissioners, sala- ries for labor and services, traveling expenses, supplies and materials, the sum of $50,000 is au- thorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to re- main available until expended, and such addi- tional sums are authorized to be appropriated from time to time as may be necessary for the completion of the project and for the proper maintenance of said park. All disbursements under said sections shall be annually reported by the Secretary of the Interior to Congress. (Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 11, 44 Stat. 1094; 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. § 425k. Revision of park boundaries (a) Boundary revision In furtherance of the purposes of sections 425 to 425j of this title, the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial Na- tional Military Park (hereinafter in sections 425k to 425o of this title referred to as the ‘‘park’’) shall hereafter comprise the lands and interests in lands within the boundary generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed Park Boundary’’ on the maps entitled ‘‘Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park’’, numbered 326–40075D/ 89, 326–40074E/89, 326–40069B/89, 326–40070D/89, 326–40071C/89, 326–40076A/89, and 326–40073D/89, and dated June 1989, and the map entitled ‘‘Fred- ericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,’’ numbered 326–40072E/89/A and dated Sep- tember 1990. The maps shall be on file and avail- able for public inspection in the Office of the Na- tional Park Service, Department of the Interior. (b) Excluded lands Lands and interests in lands within the bound- ary depicted on the maps referred to in sub- section (a) as ‘‘Existing Park Boundary’’ but