16 U.S.C. § 450m — Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land
submitted 91 years ago by ch. 592 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 116 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Interior can accept donated land, buildings, or property within a national monument's boundaries, plus donated money to buy or maintain it. The Secretary can also use donated funds to buy needed land at a fair price, or take it through condemnation, to finish the monument.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land and/or buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said national monument as determined and fixed hereunder, and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said national monument as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
Source credit: (Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 592, § 2, 49 Stat. 666.)
- 1935Enacted · Act of Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 592 · 49 Stat. 666
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 592 on 1935-08-21.
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