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16 U.S.C. § 409Establishment; acquisition of land

submitted 93 years ago by ch. 182 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 196 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates Morristown National Historical Park once the United States owns the needed land. The Secretary of the Interior decides which Revolutionary War sites near Morristown to include. The United States can't buy this land with public money — it must come only from donations.

This section establishes Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey. The park is created once title to all the land, buildings, and other property in the designated Revolutionary War-era sites — the military camp-ground areas and other historically significant areas near Morristown — is transferred to the United States. The Secretary of the Interior decides, using his own judgment, exactly which areas count. The United States is not allowed to buy this land using public money. The land must be secured only through public or private donation. The park must include at least three specific sites: the Jockey Hollow camp site (then owned by Lloyd W. Smith and the town of Morristown), Fort Nonsense (then owned by the town of Morristown), and the George Washington Headquarters — known as the Ford House, along with its museum, personal effects, and grounds (then owned by the Washington Association of New Jersey).
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

When title to all the lands, structures, and other property in the military camp-ground areas and other areas of Revolutionary War interest at and in the vicinity of Morristown, New Jersey, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his discretion, as necessary or desirable for national-park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, such areas shall be, and they are, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Morristown National Historical Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid areas, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation: And provided further, That such areas shall include, at least, Jockey Hollow camp site, now owned by Lloyd W. Smith and the town of Morristown, Fort Nonsense, now owned by the town of Morristown, and the George Washington Headquarters, known as the Ford House, with its museum and other personal effects and its grounds, now owned by the Washington Association of New Jersey.

Source credit: (Mar. 2, 1933, ch. 182, § 1, 47 Stat. 1421.)

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  • 1933Enacted · Act of Mar. 2, 1933, ch. 182 · 47 Stat. 1421

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 182 on 1933-03-02.

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