16 U.S.C. § 426a — Qualifications of members of commission

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When choosing members for the Stones River battlefield commission, the Secretary of the Interior should pick people who know the battlefield's land. They should also know the history connected to it. This standard applies as far as is practical.

When the Secretary of the Interior appoints members to the commission created by section 426, the Secretary should, as far as it is practical to do so, choose people who are familiar with the terrain of the Stones River, Tennessee battlefield and with the historical events tied to it.

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In appointing the members of the commission created by section 426 of this title the Secretary of the Interior shall, as far as practicable, select persons familiar with the terrain of the battlefield of Stones River, Tennessee, and the historical events associated therewith.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374, § 2, 44 Stat. 1399; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)

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1927Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 374 · 44 Stat. 1399

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