16 USC § 426a - Qualifications of members of commission

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title: "16 USC § 426a - Qualifications of members of commission"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "426a"
section_name: "Qualifications of members of commission"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LX"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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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# § 426a. Qualifications of members of commission

section 426 of this title

In appointing the members of the commission created by  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.

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**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.)

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under .