16 U.S.C. § 159a — Acceptance of donations
submitted 88 years ago by ch. 316 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 117 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Interior can accept donated land, buildings, and money for the Saratoga park. Donated money can also be used to buy more land for the park. If a landowner won't sell, the Secretary can use condemnation instead.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said historical park as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States, out of any donated funds, by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said historical park as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
Source credit: (June 1, 1938, ch. 316, § 2, 52 Stat. 609.)
- 1938Enacted · Act of June 1, 1938, ch. 316 · 52 Stat. 609
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 316 on 1938-06-01.
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