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Bookmark or Share- The Antiquities Act: History, Current Litigation, and Considerations ...The Antiquities Act authorizes the President to declare, by public proclamation, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest situated on federal lands as national monuments.
- Antiquities Act of 1906 - Archeology (U.S. National Park Service)An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities (Antiquities Act) was signed into law on June 8th, 1906. The Act was the first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal lands.
- Antiquities Act - U.S. Department of the InteriorThe Antiquities Act was the first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on Federal lands. After a generation-long effort, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act on June 8, 1906.
- Antiquities Act - WikipediaThe Antiquities Act of 1906 (Pub. L. 59–209, 34 Stat. 225, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301–320303) is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906.
- The Antiquities Act, 1900-06 (U.S. National Park Service) - NPSAll antiquities reservations were to be under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for care and management, but, subject to Interior's regulations, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution was to have "supervision of all aboriginal monuments, ruins, and other antiquities."
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