16 U.S.C. § 425f — Ascertaining and marking lines of battle

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State officials whose troops fought at these battles can enter the memorial to find and mark their unit's battle lines. The Secretary of the Interior must approve the position and design of any marker first. No state can be treated differently from another in marking its lines.

Officials from any state that had troops fighting in the battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, the Wilderness, and Chancellorsville (including Salem Church) — or in any one of them — may enter the lands and approaches of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial. Their purpose is to find and mark where their troops' battle lines were. But before any lines get permanently marked, the state must submit the proposed line positions and the proposed marking methods — monuments, tablets, or otherwise, including the design and inscription — to the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary must give written approval first, based on formal written reports from the park commissioners. No state can be treated differently from another in how its lines are designed and marked. And any permission the Secretary gives to one state can be used by any other state too.

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It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State having had troops engaged in said battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, including Salem Church, or in any of said battles, to enter upon the lands and approaches of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial for the purposes of ascertaining and marking the lines of battle of troops engaged therein: Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designated, the position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise, including the design and inscription for the same, shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior, and shall first receive written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the commissioners of the park: Provided, That no discrimination shall be made against any State as to the manner of designing lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of the Interior may be used by any other State.

Source credit: (Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, § 7, 44 Stat. 1093; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)

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1927Enacted · Act of Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127 · 44 Stat. 1093

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