16-U.S.C.-455

§455 – Study of Battlefields For Commemorative Purposes

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• Reference: Section 455
• Legend: §455 – Study of Battlefields For Commemorative Purposes
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Secretary of the Army is authorized to have made studies and investigations and, where necessary, surveys of all battlefields within the continental limits of the United States whereon troops of the United States or of the original thirteen colonies have been engaged against a common enemy, with a view to preparing a general plan and such detailed projects as may be required for properly commemorating such battlefields or other adjacent points of historic and military interest.

(June 11, 1926, ch. 555, §1, 44 Stat. 726; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

Change of Name

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted Title 10, Armed Forces which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

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