§ 215. — Improvements and preservation of lands and buildings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC215]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXIII--ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Sec. 215. Improvements and preservation of lands and buildings
For the purpose of protecting from disintegration and of improving,
beautifying, and preserving the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site or Reservation established under sections 211 to 214 of
this title, the National Park Service is authorized and directed to
provide for (1) the improvement of such existing roadways, walks, and
buildings in such park or reservation; and (2) the planting of such
trees, plants, and shrubbery; the construction of such additional
roadways, walks, and buildings, and of such fences, parking spaces,
drainage structures, culverts, and bridges; and the making of such other
improvements, as in his judgment may be necessary for the preservation,
beautification, and protection from disintegration of such park or
reservation, including the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born
and the memorial hall inclosing the same, and which may serve to render
such park or reservation convenient for the appropriate use and
enjoyment by the public:
(Feb. 11, 1929, ch. 176, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 1162; Ex. Ord. No. 6166,
Sec. 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933; Mar. 2,
1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 686, 53 Stat.
1405; Pub. L. 86-231, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 466.)
Change of Name
Pub. L. 86-231 substituted ``Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site'' for ``Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park''.
Act Aug. 11, 1939, substituted ``Abraham Lincoln National Historical
Park'' for ``Abraham Lincoln National Park''.
Transfer of Functions
All national parks, national monuments, and national cemeteries
consolidated in an office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations
in Department of the Interior, at head of which should be a Director of
National Parks, Buildings and Reservations, and cemeteries and parks of
War Department transferred to Department of the Interior by Executive
Order No. 6166, as amended by Executive Order No. 6228, set out in a
note under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees. This service designated the National Park Service in
Department of the Interior by act Mar. 2, 1934.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 216 of this title.
