§ 212. — Endowment fund; protection and preservation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC212]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXIII--ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Sec. 212. Endowment fund; protection and preservation
The United States of America also accepts title to the endowment
fund of $50,000 mentioned in the assignment and transfer, in the
possession of the Secretary of War, on July 17, 1916, which assignment
and transfer was executed on the 11th day of April, 1916, by the Lincoln
Farm Association, a corporation, to the United States of America,
transferring and turning over all its right, title, and interest in and
to said endowment fund, heretofore invested in certain stocks, bonds,
and securities held and owned by the Lincoln Farm Association, and more
particularly identified and described in said assignment and transfer.
The title to said endowment fund is accepted upon the terms and
conditions stated in said assignment and transfer, namely, that the
United States of America shall forever keep the said tract of land
described in said deed, together with the buildings and appurtenances
thereunto belonging, dedicated to the purpose of a national park or
reservation, and that there shall never be any charge or fee made to or
asked from the public for admission to the said park or reservation; and
further, shall forever protect, preserve, and maintain said land,
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, as far as may be, as a national park
or reservation.
(July 17, 1916, ch. 247, Sec. 2, 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, ch. 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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 215, 217, 218a of this
title.
