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16 U.S.C. § 265Addition of lands

submitted 65 years ago by Pub. L. 87-111 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 431 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Interior may buy specific land in Bell County, Kentucky. This land, about 9 acres, will be added to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Federal money can only pay for up to half the purchase cost.

This section has no lettered subsections. It authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire a specific piece of land, plus any interests in it, located in Bell County, Kentucky, to add to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. As a proviso, the law says appropriated federal funds cannot cover more than half the cost of buying this land — the rest must come from another source. Most of the section is a detailed legal description of the tract's boundary, given as compass bearings and distances in feet. It starts at a concrete marker on the park's west boundary, on the south side of Avondale Avenue in Middlesboro, Kentucky, and at the south bank of Davis Branch. From there the boundary runs along a series of angled lines — first tracing the existing park boundary southwest and south for several hundred feet, then leaving the park boundary to follow the south side of Clydesdale Avenue and the north side of U.S. Highway 25E, then back along Clydesdale Avenue to rejoin the park boundary. It then follows the park boundary again through several more turns, before leaving it a second time to run up the middle of Little Yellow Creek, then up the middle of Davis Branch, and finally back along the south side of Avondale Avenue to the starting marker. The tract enclosed by this boundary contains about 9.0 acres.
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The Secretary of the Interior may acquire for addition to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park the following described land and interests in land, located in Bell County, Kentucky: Provided, That appropriated funds may not be used to pay more than one-half the cost of such acquisition.

Beginning at a concrete marker on the west boundary of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and being on the south margin of Avondale Avenue in the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, and also on the south bank of Davis Branch; thence along the park boundary the following courses and distances;

South 24 degrees 50 minutes west, 196.79 feet; thence south 30 degrees 02 minutes west, 129.95 feet to a stake; thence south 12 degrees 22 minutes west, 31.82 feet; thence south 80 degrees 38 minutes west, 143.36 feet; thence south 88 degrees 04 minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 86 degrees 14 minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 80 degrees 33 minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 77 degrees 42 minutes west, 186.40 feet;

Thence north 82 degrees 51 minutes west, 271.55 feet; thence leaving the park boundary and following along the south right-of-way of Clydesdale Avenue south 71 degrees 39 minutes west, 310 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way of United States Highway 25E;

Thence along the said highway right-of-way south 82 degrees 09 minutes west, 317 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north right-of-way of Clydesdale Avenue; thence along the north right-of-way of Clydesdale Avenue north 70 degrees 09 minutes east, 423 feet, more or less, to a point on the park boundary;

Thence with the park boundary the following courses and distances: south 86 degrees 39 minutes west, 261.44 feet; thence south 81 degrees 26 minutes west, 147.66 feet; thence north 6 degrees 55 minutes west, 49.23 feet; thence south 83 degrees 04 minutes west, 980 feet; thence north 6 degrees 55 minutes west, 135 feet, more or less, to a point in the middle of Little Yellow Creek;

Thence leaving the park boundary and up the center of the meanders of Little Yellow Creek, 2,562 feet, more or less, to a point in the middle of Little Yellow Creek which is also a point in the middle of Davis Branch;

Thence leaving Little Yellow Creek and along the center of Davis Branch, 400 feet, more or less, to the south margin of Avondale Avenue; thence with the south right-of-way of Avondale Avenue south 55 degrees 44 minutes east, 5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, said tract containing 9.0 acres, more or less.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–111, § 1, July 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 224.)

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  • 1961Enacted · Pub. L. 87-111 · 75 Stat. 224

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-111 on 1961-07-26.

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