16 U.S.C. § 429 — Brices Cross Roads and Tupelo battlefields in Mississippi; establishment

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This law honors two Mississippi Civil War battles: Brices Cross Roads and Tupelo. The Secretary of the Interior must get up to one free acre at each site. Each acre gets a fence, a road to reach it, and a historical marker.

This section commemorates two Civil War battles in Mississippi: the Battle of Brices Cross Roads and the Battle of Tupelo. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to do four things at each battlefield: 1. Acquire no more than one acre of land, at no cost to the United States. 2. Put a fence around each acre. 3. Build a road or path leading up to each acre. 4. Put up a suitable historical marker on each acre.

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For the purpose of commemorating the battles of Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi, and Tupelo, Mississippi, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to (1) acquire not to exceed one acre of land, free of cost to the United States, at each of the above-named battle fields, (2) fence each parcel of land so acquired, (3) build an approach to each such parcel of land, and (4) erect a suitable marker on each such parcel of land.

Source credit: (Feb. 21, 1929, ch. 289, § 1, 45 Stat. 1254; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)

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1929Enacted · Act of Feb. 21, 1929, ch. 289 · 45 Stat. 1254

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