§ 265. — Addition of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC265]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVIII--CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 265. Addition of lands
The Secretary of the Interior may acquire for addition to Cumberland
Gap National Historical Park the following described land and interests
in land, located in Bell County, Kentucky: Provided, That appropriated
funds may not be used to pay more than one-half the cost of such
acquisition.
Beginning at a concrete marker on the west boundary of Cumberland
Gap National Historical Park and being on the south margin of Avondale
Avenue in the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, and also on the south bank
of Davis Branch; thence along the park boundary the following courses
and distances;
South 24 degrees 50 minutes west, 196.79 feet; thence south 30
degrees 02 minutes west, 129.95 feet to a stake; thence south 12 degrees
22 minutes west, 31.82 feet; thence south 80 degrees 38 minutes west,
143.36 feet; thence south 88 degrees 04 minutes west, 100 feet; thence
north 86 degrees 14 minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 80 degrees 33
minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 77 degrees 42 minutes west, 186.40
feet;
Thence north 82 degrees 51 minutes west, 271.55 feet; thence leaving
the park boundary and following along the south right-of-way of
Clydesdale Avenue south 71 degrees 39 minutes west, 310 feet, more or
less, to the north right-of-way of United States Highway 25E;
Thence along the said highway right-of-way south 82 degrees 09
minutes west, 317 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north
right-of-way of Clydesdale Avenue; thence along the north right-of-way
of Clydesdale Avenue north 70 degrees 09 minutes east, 423 feet, more or
less, to a point on the park boundary;
Thence with the park boundary the following courses and distances:
south 86 degrees 39 minutes west, 261.44 feet; thence south 81 degrees
26 minutes west, 147.66 feet; thence north 6 degrees 55 minutes west,
49.23 feet; thence south 83 degrees 04 minutes west, 980 feet; thence
north 6 degrees 55 minutes west, 135 feet, more or less, to a point in
the middle of Little Yellow Creek;
Thence leaving the park boundary and up the center of the meanders
of Little Yellow Creek, 2,562 feet, more or less, to a point in the
middle of Little Yellow Creek which is also a point in the middle of
Davis Branch;
Thence leaving Little Yellow Creek and along the center of Davis
Branch, 400 feet, more or less, to the south margin of Avondale Avenue;
thence with the south right-of-way of Avondale Avenue south 55 degrees
44 minutes east, 5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, said
tract containing 9.0 acres, more or less.
(Pub. L. 87-111, Sec. 1, July 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 224.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act June 11, 1940, ch. 304, 54
Stat. 262, which comprises this subchapter.
Appropriations
Section 2 of Pub. L. 87-111 authorized to be appropriated such sums,
but not more than $30,000, as were necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section.
