16 U.S.C. § 404 — Establishment; boundaries

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Once the United States fully owns the land, this law creates Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky — about 70,618 acres recommended in a 1926 report. The government cannot use tax dollars to buy this land; it can only accept the land as a public or private gift.

Once title to the described land is fully vested in the United States, this section establishes, dedicates, and sets aside that land as a public park, for the public's benefit and enjoyment. The park covers the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky — about seventy thousand six hundred eighteen acres. This is the area the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission recommended, in an April 8, 1926 report, for a National Park, acting under a 1925 law (43 Stat. 958). Any part of this area accepted on the United States' behalf becomes known as Mammoth Cave National Park. There is one important limit: the United States cannot spend public money to buy any of this land. The land can only come to the park through public or private donation.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

When title to lands within the area referred to in this section shall have been vested in the United States in fee simple, there shall be, and there is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, the tract of land in the Mammoth Cave region in the State of Kentucky, being approximately seventy thousand six hundred and eighteen acres, recommended as a National Park by the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission to the Secretary of the Interior, in its report of April 8, 1926, and made under authority of the Act of February 21, 1925 (chapter 281, 43 Statutes 958); which area, or any part or parts thereof as may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be known as the Mammoth Cave National Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

Source credit: (May 25, 1926, ch. 382, § 1, 44 Stat. 635.)

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1926Enacted · Act of May 25, 1926, ch. 382 · 44 Stat. 635

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 382 on 1926-05-25.

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