16 U.S.C. § 396 — Additional lands; acceptance of title
submitted 88 years ago by ch. 530 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 52 words · no verdicts yet
This law lets the Secretary of the Interior accept certain land on behalf of the United States. The land must be described in section 391b of this title. The Secretary decides which land is necessary or desirable for the park.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized — meaning permitted, not required — to accept title (legal ownership) to land on behalf of the United States, once satisfactory evidence of title is submitted. This power applies only to the land referred to in section 391b of this title. Whether a particular piece of that land is "necessary or desirable" for national-park purposes is left entirely to the Secretary's own discretion.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of satisfactory title to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in section 391b of this title as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes.
Source credit: (June 20, 1938, ch. 530, § 2, 52 Stat. 784.)
- 1938Enacted · Act of June 20, 1938, ch. 530 · 52 Stat. 784
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 530 on 1938-06-20.
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