16 USC § 426b - Duties of commission

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s426b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 426b - Duties of commission"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "426b"
section_name: "Duties 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, § 3, 44 Stat. 1399; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933.)"
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# § 426b. Duties of commission

It shall be the duty of the commission, acting under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to inspect the battlefield of Stones River, Tennessee, and to carefully study the available records and historical data with respect to the location and movement of all troops which engaged in the battle of Stones River, and the important events connected therewith, with a view of preserving and marking such field for historical and professional military study.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

A provision of act , authorizing the submission of a report by the commission to the Secretary of War not later than , and describing the contents of such report was omitted as executed.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

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