§450o — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

When the United States gets title to Andrew Johnson Homestead and the tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee (state-owned), plus buildings the Interior Secretary designates, the President must proclaim them and Johnson’s burial place (now a national cemetery) as the "Andrew Johnson National Historic Site" for public benefit and inspiration.

Title 16, §450o

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

When title to the site of the Andrew Johnson Homestead and the site of the tailor shop in which Andrew Johnson worked (now owned and administered by the State of Tennessee), located in Greeneville, Tennessee, together with such buildings and property located thereon as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national historic site purposes shall have been vested in the United States, said area and improvements, if any, together with the burial place of Andrew Johnson, now administered as a national cemetery, shall be designated and set apart by proclamation of the President for preservation as a national historic site for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be called the “Andrew Johnson National Historic Site.”

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“National historic site” substituted in text for “national monument” on authority of Pub. L. 88–197, which redesignated Andrew Johnson National Monument as Andrew Johnson National Historic Site.

Executive Documents

Establishment of Monument; BoundariesMonument and boundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2554, Apr. 27, 1942, 56 Stat. 1955.

§450o Andrew Johnson National Historic Site; Authorization