16 U.S.C. § 410 — Establishment; acquisition of land

submitted 92 years ago by ch. 371 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 146 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates Everglades National Park once the United States owns all the land the Secretary of the Interior identified. The government cannot buy this land with public money — it must come only from donations.

Once title to all the land within boundaries set by the Secretary of the Interior — inside an area of about 2,000 square miles in the Everglades region of Dade, Monroe, and Collier Counties, Florida, which the Secretary recommended to Congress on December 3, 1930, under the Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1443) — is fully owned by the United States, that land becomes a public park for the public's benefit and enjoyment, called Everglades National Park. The United States is not allowed to buy any land in this area using appropriated public money. The land can only be acquired through public or private donation.

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

When title to all the lands within boundaries to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior within the area of approximately two thousand square miles in the region of the Everglades of Dade, Monroe, and Collier Counties, in the State of Florida, recommended by said Secretary, in his report to Congress of December 3, 1930, pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1443), shall have been vested in the United States, said lands shall be, and are, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Everglades 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 30, 1934, ch. 371, § 1, 48 Stat. 816.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1934Enacted · Act of May 30, 1934, ch. 371 · 48 Stat. 816

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 371 on 1934-05-30.

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