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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§410oo–1 Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–M— NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410oo–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Natchez National Historical Park in Mississippi to benefit, inspire, and educate the American people. The park includes the historic districts listed in the law and three named properties: Melrose (the land, buildings, and personal property on the site), Fort Rosalie (the land and its improvements), and the William Johnson House (the land, buildings, personal property, and the adjacent building that shares a common wall). The Secretary must make a map of the park lands and keep it available for public inspection at the National Park Service office in the park and at the Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia. The Secretary may make minor boundary changes under 54 U.S.C. 100506(c).

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410oo–1

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(a)In order to provide for the benefit, inspiration, and education of the American people, there is hereby established the Natchez National Historical Park (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “park”) in the State of Mississippi.
(b)The park shall consist of the historic districts established under this subchapter and the following properties:
(1)The lands and structures known as Melrose, together with all personal property located on such lands.
(2)The lands and improvements thereon known as, or associated with, Fort Rosalie.
(3)The lands and structures known as the William Johnson House, together with all personal property located on such lands, and the building adjacent thereto which bears a common wall.
(c)The Secretary shall prepare a map of the lands included within the park. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service at the park and at the Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia. The Secretary may from time to time make minor revisions in the boundary of the park in accordance with section 100506(c) of title 54.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (c), “section 100506(c) of title 54” substituted for “section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–4 [sic] and following)” on authority of Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272, which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

Amendments

1990—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101–399 added par. (3).

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410oo–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60