Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§450r Ackia Battleground National Monument; establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450r

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may buy, take by eminent domain, or accept donated lands, easements, and buildings for the United States, up to fifty acres. Once title is acceptable and the land is owned by the United States, the President can declare it a public monument called "Ackia Battleground National Monument" for the public to enjoy, and the area must include the site of the Battle of Ackia.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §450r

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to acquire, by purchase or by condemnation and/or accept by donation in behalf of the United States, such lands, easements, and buildings not to exceed fifty acres, and when title satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall have been vested in the United States such area or areas shall be, upon proclamation of the President, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public monument for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the “Ackia Battleground National Monument”: Provided, That such area shall include the site of the Battle of Ackia.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Inclusion in Natchez Trace ParkwayAckia Battleground National Monument included in the Natchez Trace Parkway, see section 460–1 of this title.

Executive Documents

Boundaries of MonumentBoundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2307, Oct. 25, 1938, 3 F.R. 2579, 53 Stat. 2494.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 450r

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73