---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 409d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "409d"
heading: "Employees of Washington Association of New Jersey"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/409d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIII — Morristown National Historical Park"
---

# §409d. Employees of Washington Association of New Jersey


Employees of the said Washington Association, who were, prior to March 2, 1933, charged with the care and development of the said Ford House and its museum and other effects, may, in the discretion of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, hereafter be employed by the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service in the administration, protection, and development of the said [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) without regard to the laws of the United States applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States.


## Source credit

(Mar. 2, 1933, ch. 182, § 5, 47 Stat. 1422.)