16 U.S.C. § 429a — Jurisdiction and control; authorization of annual appropriation

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The Secretary of the Interior controls each acre acquired for the Mississippi battlefields. Congress may spend up to $250 a year to maintain each site's fence, road, and marker.

This section covers the land acquired under section 429 for the Brices Cross Roads and Tupelo battlefields. Each parcel is under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of the Interior. Congress is authorized to appropriate money to maintain each parcel, along with its fence, approach road, and marker — but no more than $250 per year for each one.

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Each parcel of land acquired under section 429 of this title shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of the Interior, and there is authorized to be appropriated for the maintenance of each such parcel of land, fence, approach, and marker a sum not to exceed $250 per annum.

Source credit: (Feb. 21, 1929, ch. 289, § 3, 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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