16 U.S.C. § 450ll–3 — Additional lands

submitted 70 years ago by Pub. L. 107-215 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 144 words · no verdicts yet

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This law adds about 15 acres to the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Franklin County, Virginia. The Secretary of the Interior can only get this land from owners who want to sell or donate it. Once added, the new land is managed as part of the monument like the rest.

(a) Lands added to Monument. The boundary of the Booker T. Washington National Monument is modified to include approximately 15 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Map, Booker T. Washington National Monument, Franklin County, Virginia," numbered BOWA 404/80,024 and dated February 2001. The map is kept on file and available for public inspection at National Park Service offices. (b) Acquisition of additional lands. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire this land, or interests in it, only from willing owners, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. (c) Administration of additional lands. Land added under subsection (a) is administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the monument, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

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(a) Lands added to Monument

The boundary of the Booker T. Washington National Monument is modified to include the approximately 15 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Booker T. Washington National Monument, Franklin County, Virginia”, numbered BOWA 404/80,024, and dated February 2001. The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

(b) Acquisition of additional lands

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire from willing owners the land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

Lands added to the Booker T. Washington National Monument by subsection (a) shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the monument in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Source credit: (Apr. 2, 1956, ch. 158, § 5, as added Pub. L. 107–215, § 2, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1054.)

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1956Enacted · Pub. L. 107-215 · 116 Stat. 1054

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