16 U.S.C. § 403a — Acceptance of title to lands
submitted 100 years ago by ch. 363 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 118 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Interior can accept, for the United States, certain donated park lands. These lands were bought using money raised by Virginia and Tennessee groups for two national parks. The money covers Shenandoah National Park land and Great Smoky Mountains National Park land.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept as hereinafter provided on behalf of the United States title to the lands referred to in section 403 of this title and to be purchased with the $1,200,000 which has been subscribed by the State of Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park Association of Virginia and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Shenandoah National Park area, and with the $1,066,693 which has been subscribed by the State of Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association and by the Great Smoky Mountains (Incorporated) (North Carolina) and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area.
Source credit: (May 22, 1926, ch. 363, § 2, 44 Stat. 616.)
- 1926Enacted · Act of May 22, 1926, ch. 363 · 44 Stat. 616
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 363 on 1926-05-22.
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