16 U.S.C. § 165 — Value of lands sought to be exchanged

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When private land inside Glacier National Park is traded for other U.S. government land under section 164(2), the Secretary of the Interior decides how to value both sides. Landowners must prove they own the private land before any trade happens. Land the government receives becomes part of Glacier National Park.

This section covers land exchanges described in section 164(2) of this title. For those exchanges, the Secretary of the Interior decides how to figure out: the value of any privately owned, patented land inside the park (including its timber) that's offered for trade, and the value of other U.S. government land elsewhere that's offered in return. Before any trade takes effect, the owners of the private park land must give the Secretary satisfactory proof that they actually hold title to that land. Once land is transferred to the government under this section and section 164(2), it becomes part of Glacier National Park.

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For purposes of subdivision (2) of section 164 of this title the value of all patented lands within said park, including the timber thereon, offered for exchange, and the value of other lands of the United States elsewhere situate, to be given in exchange therefor, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct; and the owners of such privately owned lands within said park shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patented lands offered in exchange; and lands conveyed to the Government under this section and subdivision (2) of section 164 of this title shall be and remain a part of the Glacier National Park.

Source credit: (Feb. 28, 1923, ch. 144, § 2, 42 Stat. 1324.)

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1923Enacted · Act of Feb. 28, 1923, ch. 144 · 42 Stat. 1324

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