16 U.S.C. § 179 — Donations of buildings and other property

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This law lets the Interior Secretary accept donations for Glacier National Park. He can take buildings, money, or property that helps run the park. He can also accept donated patented land or rights-of-way inside the park.

The Secretary of the Interior may, at his discretion, accept buildings, money, or other property that could help improve how Glacier National Park is run and managed. This property must be donated for park purposes. The Secretary may also accept donated patented land, or rights-of-way over patented land, located inside Glacier National Park, as long as it is donated for park purposes.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept buildings, moneys, or other property which may be useful in the betterment of the administration and affairs of the Glacier National Park under his supervision, and which may be donated for park purposes. He may accept patented lands or rights-of-way over patented lands in the Glacier National Park that may be donated for park purposes.

Source credit: (July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 308; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 151.)

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1916Enacted · Act of July 1, 1916, ch. 209 · 39 Stat. 308
1917Amended · Act of June 12, 1917, ch. 27 · 40 Stat. 151

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