16 U.S.C. § 450R
Section 450r · Ackia Battleground National Monument; establishment
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. Haver (1999)
Most recently applied in 742 F. Supp. 2d 784 - R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. the Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel (August 2010)
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to acquire, by purchase or by condemnation and/or accept by donation in behalf of the United States, such lands, easements, and buildings not to exceed fifty acres, and when title satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall have been vested in the United States such area or areas shall be, upon proclamation of the President, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public monument for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the “Ackia Battleground National Monument”: Provided, That such area shall include the site of the Battle of Ackia.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Boundaries of Monument
Boundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2307, Oct. 25, 1938, 3 F.R. 2579, 53 Stat. 2494.
Inclusion in Natchez Trace Parkway
Ackia Battleground National Monument included in the Natchez Trace Parkway, see section 460–1 of this title.