16 U.S.C. § 408 — Establishment; acquisition of land

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Once the United States owns all privately-held land within a designated area of Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Michigan, and Michigan has handed over legal jurisdiction, that area becomes Isle Royale National Park. The government cannot use public money to buy this land — it can only be acquired through public or private donation.

This section creates Isle Royale National Park, once two conditions are met. The area covers privately-owned ("alienated") land within Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan, plus nearby islands the Secretary of the Interior judges necessary or desirable for a national park. The park is officially established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the people's benefit, once two things happen: the United States must own the title to all that land, and the State of Michigan must have transferred exclusive legal jurisdiction over it to the United States. Once established, it is called Isle Royale National Park. There's an important restriction: the United States cannot use appropriated public money to purchase any land within this area. The land can only be acquired through public or private donation.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

When title to all alienated lands within Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan, and immediately surrounding islands as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior in the exercise of his judgment and discretion as necessary or desirable for national-park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, and exclusive jurisdiction over the same shall have been ceded by the State of Michigan to the United States, said area shall be, and is established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, and shall be known as the Isle Royale National Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 448, § 1, 46 Stat. 1514.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1931Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 448 · 46 Stat. 1514

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 448 on 1931-03-03.

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