Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§426 Stones River National Battlefield; establishment; appointment of commission

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 426

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must appoint three people to serve on a commission. One must be a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, one must be a Civil War veteran who served honorably in the military forces of the United States, and one must be a Civil War veteran who served honorably in the military forces of the Confederate States of America.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §426

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

A commission is created, to be composed of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior: (1)
(2)A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the United States; and
(3)A veteran of the Civil War who served honorably in the military forces of the Confederate States of America.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Stones River National Military Park redesignated Stones River National Battlefield by Pub. L. 86–443. See section 426l of this title.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Administrative functions of Stones River National Military Park transferred to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. Nos. 6166 and 6228, set out as notes under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Administrative functions of Stones River National Battlefield assigned to Department of the Interior by section 3 of Pub. L. 86–443, set out as section 426m of this title. National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, § 1, 48 Stat. 389.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 426

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73