16 U.S.C. § 460a–1 — Acceptance of lands conveyed for Blue Ridge or Natchez Trace Parkways

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The Secretary of the Interior may accept, on behalf of the United States, land given for the Blue Ridge or Natchez Trace Parkways, or for related recreation areas. This applies to land given either before or after this law.

The Secretary of the Interior has discretion to approve and accept title, on the United States' behalf, to any land given to the government for the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Natchez Trace Parkway, or for recreation areas connected to them. This covers land given either before or after this law took effect.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to approve and accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands and interests in land heretofore or hereafter conveyed to the United States for the purposes of the Blue Ridge or the Natchez Trace Parkways, or for recreational areas in connection therewith.

Source credit: (June 30, 1936 ch. 883, § 3, as added June 8, 1940, ch. 277, 54 Stat. 250.)

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1936Enacted · Act of June 30, 1936, ch. 883 · 54 Stat. 250

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