16 U.S.C. § 361b — Additions to park
submitted 95 years ago by ch. 172 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 120 words · no verdicts yet
The Interior Secretary can accept a donated tract of land next to Hot Springs National Park. The Secretary must first see satisfactory proof of ownership. Once accepted, the donated land becomes a permanent part of the park.
The Secretary of the Interior can, at their discretion, accept on behalf of the United States a specific tract of land next to Hot Springs National Park in Garland County, Arkansas — part of the north half of the southwest quarter of section 27, township 2 south, range 19 west, west of the 93rd meridian. Before accepting it, the Secretary must be satisfied with the evidence of title (proof of ownership) offered. This land has been offered to the United States as a donation, to be added to the park. Once the Secretary accepts it, the land becomes — and stays — part of Hot Springs National Park.
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 of America that certain tract of land adjoining the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, described as being a part of the north half southwest quarter section 27, township 2 south, range 19 west, west of the ninety-third meridian, in Garland County, Arkansas, and which has been tendered to the United States of America as a donation and as an addition to the said Hot Springs National Park: Provided, That such land when accepted by the Secretary of the Interior shall be and remain a part of the Hot Springs National Park.
Source credit: (Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 172, 46 Stat. 1106.)
- 1931Enacted · Act of Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 172 · 46 Stat. 1106
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