16 U.S.C. § 422a — Acceptance of lands

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The Secretary of the Interior oversees creating Moores Creek National Battlefield. The Secretary can accept a deed from North Carolina for the battlefield land. The land is about thirty acres, described in section 422.

The Secretary of the Interior directs and controls the creation of Moores Creek National Battlefield. The Secretary can accept a deed from the State of North Carolina. That deed transfers ownership of the battlefield land to the United States. The land involved is about thirty acres, more or less. It is the same land described in detail in section 422 of this title.

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The establishment of the Moores Creek National Battlefield shall be carried forward under the control and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, who is authorized to receive from the State of North Carolina a deed of conveyance to the United States of all the lands belonging to the said State, embracing thirty acres, more or less, and described more particularly in section 422 of this title.

Source credit: (June 2, 1926, ch. 448, § 2, 44 Stat. 685; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 96–344, § 12, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1136.)

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1926Enacted · Act of June 2, 1926, ch. 448 · 44 Stat. 685
1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-344 · 94 Stat. 1136

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