§214. Rules and regulations

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site shall be under the control of the National Park Service and administered under such regulations not inconsistent with law as it may from time to time prescribed.

(July 17, 1916, ch. 247, §4, 39 Stat. 386 ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, §2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, §1, July 28, 1933; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, §1, 48 Stat. 389 ; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat. 1405 ; Sept. 8, 1959, Pub. L. 86–231, 73 Stat. 466 .)

Codification

As originally enacted, this section read as follows: "Upon the passage of this Act and the vesting of the title to the property accepted thereunder in the United States, it shall be under the control of the Secretary of War and administered under such regulations not inconsistent with law as he may from time to time prescribe." Sections 211 and 212 of this title, refer to the lands as a national park or reservation.

Prefixes making the provisions of this section effective, upon the passage of this Act and the vesting of the title to the property accepted, have been omitted as temporary.

Change of Name

Pub. L. 86–231 substituted "Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site" for "Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park".

Act Aug. 11, 1939, substituted "Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park" for "Abraham Lincoln National Park".

Transfer of Functions

All national parks, national monuments, and national cemeteries consolidated in an office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations in Department of the Interior, at head of which should be a Director of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations, and cemeteries and parks of War Department transferred to Department of the Interior by Executive Order 6166, §2, as amended by Executive Order 6228, §1, set out in a note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. This service designated the National Park Service in Department of the Interior by act Mar. 2, 1934.

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 215, 217 of this title.