16 U.S.C. § 403i — Secretary of the Interior authorized to purchase necessary lands

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The Secretary of the Interior can buy land needed to finish Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, at prices he thinks are fair. If a landowner asks too much, the Secretary can instead take the land through a condemnation lawsuit.

The Secretary of the Interior may buy, on behalf of the United States, the land still needed to complete Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. He decides what price is reasonable, following the same rules that apply to the rest of the park's land under sections 403 and 403a to 403c. If the Secretary believes a landowner is asking an unreasonable price, he may instead acquire the land by condemnation — a legal process under section 3113 of title 40.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase, at prices deemed by him to be reasonable, the lands needed to complete the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the provisions of sections 403 and 403a to 403c of this title; and the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, when in his opinion unreasonable prices are asked for any of such lands, to acquire the same by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40.

Source credit: (Feb. 12, 1938, ch. 27, § 5, 52 Stat. 29.)

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1938Enacted · Act of Feb. 12, 1938, ch. 27 · 52 Stat. 29

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