16 U.S.C. § 157 — Acquisition of lands

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The Secretary of the Interior can accept land for Big Bend National Park on behalf of the United States, once satisfied the title is good. But no land can be accepted for the park until Texas gives the U.S. full legal authority over the whole area.

The Secretary of the Interior has the authority — at the Secretary's own discretion — to accept, for the United States, ownership of the lands described in section 156 of this title, once the Secretary is satisfied with the proof of ownership submitted. But there is a condition: no land for Big Bend National Park can be accepted until the State of Texas has transferred exclusive legal authority over the entire park area to the United States, in a form the Secretary of the Interior finds satisfactory.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in section 156 of this title as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: Provided, That no land for the Big Bend National Park shall be accepted until exclusive jurisdiction over the entire area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Texas to the United States.

Source credit: (June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 2, 49 Stat. 393.)

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1935Enacted · Act of June 20, 1935, ch. 283 · 49 Stat. 393

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