16 U.S.C. § 425d : US Code - Section 425D: Duties of commission

Search 16 U.S.C. § 425d : US Code - Section 425D: Duties of commission

It shall be the duty of the commissioners, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior, to survey, locate, and preserve the
lines of the opposing armies in said battles, to open, construct,
and repair such roads, highways, paths, and other approaches as may
be necessary to make the historical points accessible to the public
and to students of said battles and for the purposes of the park,
to ascertain and mark with historical monuments, markers, tablets,
or otherwise, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, all
breastworks, earthworks, gun emplacements, walls, or other defenses
or shelters, lines of battle, location of troops, buildings, and
other historical points of interest within the park or in its
vicinity, and to establish and construct such observation towers as
the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary for said park, and
the said commission in establishing the park shall have authority,
under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior to employ such
labor and services at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the
Interior, and to obtain such supplies and materials as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 425 to 425j of
this title.
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