§ 211. — Acceptance of title; terms and conditions; admission fees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC211]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXIII--ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Sec. 211. Acceptance of title; terms and conditions; admission
fees
The United States of America accepts title to the lands mentioned in
the deed of gift or conveyance in possession of the Secretary of War on
July 17, 1916, together with all the buildings and appurtenances
thereon, especially the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born and
the memorial hall inclosing the same, which deed of conveyance was
executed on the 11th day of April, 1916, by the Lincoln Farm
Association, a corporation, to the United States of America, describing
certain lands situated near the town of Hodgenville, county of Larue,
State of Kentucky, which lands are more particularly identified and
described in said deed or conveyance. The title to such lands,
buildings, and appurtenances is accepted upon the terms and conditions
stated in said deed or conveyance, namely: That the land therein
described, together with the buildings and appurtenances thereon, shall
be forever dedicated to the purposes of a national park or reservation,
the United States of America agreeing to protect and preserve the said
lands, buildings, and appurtenances, and especially the log cabin in
which Abraham Lincoln was born and the memorial hall inclosing the same,
from spoliation, destruction, and further disintegration, to the end
that they may be preserved for all time, so far as may be; and further
agreeing that there shall never be any charge or fee made to or asked
from the public for admission to the said park or reservation.
(July 17, 1916, ch. 247, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 385; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, c. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of control of Abraham Lincoln National Park [now Abraham
Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site] to the Office of National
Parks, Buildings and Reservations in the Interior Department, see
section 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, June 10, 1933, set out as a note under
section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 215, 217, 218a of this
title.
