16 U.S.C. § 410yyy — Establishment; acquisition of property

submitted 92 years ago by ch. 519 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 132 words · no verdicts yet

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When title to about 2,000 acres known as the "Old Ocmulgee Fields" near Macon, Georgia — land with historically important Indian mounds — is turned over to the United States, the President can declare it the Ocmulgee National Monument. The government cannot use tax money to buy this land; it can only be gathered through donations.

This section has no lettered subsections. When title to about 2,000 acres known as the "Old Ocmulgee Fields," near Macon, in Bibb County, Georgia — land that holds historically important Indian mounds — has been transferred to the United States, as the Secretary of the Interior decides is necessary, the President can set that area aside as a national monument by proclamation, to be called the "Ocmulgee National Monument." However, the United States is not allowed to buy any land in this area using appropriated (tax) money; the land can only be obtained through public or private donation.

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

When title to lands commonly known as the “Old Ocmulgee Fields”, upon which certain Indian mounds of great historical importance are located, comprising approximately two thousand acres, in and around the city of Macon, County of Bibb, State of Georgia, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his judgment and discretion as necessary for national-monument purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be set aside as a national monument, by proclamation of the President, and shall be known as the “Ocmulgee National Monument”: 1Provided, 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: (June 14, 1934, ch. 519, § 1, 48 Stat. 958.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1934Enacted · Act of June 14, 1934, ch. 519 · 48 Stat. 958

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 519 on 1934-06-14.

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