16 U.S.C. § 231 — Establishment; description of area

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Federal land in Chalmette, Louisiana, where a monument honors soldiers killed in the Battle of New Orleans, including the national cemetery there, is officially designated the Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.

The federally owned land in Chalmette, Louisiana — in sections 10 and 21, township 13 south, range 12 east, on the Saint Helena meridian — where a monument was built under section 450a of this title to honor the soldiers who died in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, including the national cemetery at Chalmette, is designated as the Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.

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The lands in Federal ownership located in Chalmette, Louisiana, in sections 10 and 21, township 13 south, range 12 east, Saint Helena meridian, on which there has been erected a monument pursuant to the provisions of section 450a of this title to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, including the national cemetery at Chalmette, Louisiana, are designated as the Chalmette Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 640, § 1, 53 Stat. 1342; Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 909, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3538; Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7105(f)(1)(B), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1193.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1939Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 640 · 53 Stat. 1342
1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-625 · 92 Stat. 3538
2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-11 · 123 Stat. 1193

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 640 on 1939-08-10.

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