16 U.S.C. § 410oo — Purposes
U.S.C. Title 16 - CONSERVATION 16 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER LIX-M - NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Sec. 410oo - Purposes From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§410oo. Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are to— (1) preserve and interpret the history of Natchez, Mississippi, as a significant city in the history of the American South; (2) preserve and interpret the sites and structures associated with all the peoples of Natchez and its surrounding area from earliest inhabitants to the modern era, and including blacks both slave and free; (3) preserve and interpret the region's social, political, and economic development, with particular emphasis on the pre- and post-Civil War eras; and (4) preserve and interpret the region's commercial and agricultural history, especially in relation to the Mississippi River and cotton.
(Pub. L. 100–479, §1, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2324.)