§ 362. — Leases of bathhouses and sites; supply of water.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC362]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XL--HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 362. Leases of bathhouses and sites; supply of water
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered to execute
leases to the bathhouses and bathhouse sites in the Hot Springs National
Park for periods not exceeding twenty years, and at an annual rental of
not less than $30 per tub for each tub used in any bathhouse. Said
annual rental shall be payable quarterly in advance, at the office of
the Government superintendent of said property, in Hot Springs,
Arkansas. The same rate for water rent shall be charged for the water to
all parties receiving the same, whether in or outside said park. After
the Army and Navy hospital bathhouse, the public bathhouse, the
bathhouses which are authorized in the said park, the Arlington Hotel,
and the bathhouses outside said park authorized on or before March 3,
1891, to be supplied with hot water, in the order herein named, if there
shall still be a surplus of hot water the Secretary of the Interior may,
in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe, cause
hot water to be furnished to bathhouses, hotels, and families outside
the said park. Such bathhouses, hotels, and families shall cause all
connections for obtaining such hot water to be made at their own
expense. All water furnished to any hotel or family for other use than
bathing shall be paid for at such reasonable price, as shall be fixed by
the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior shall at
the expiration of each period of five years during the continuance of
each lease readjust the terms and amounts of payment provided for
therein as may be just, but not less than the minimum herein provided.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 533, Sec. 1, 26 Stat. 842; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161,
Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1407.)
Change of Name
``Hot Springs National Park'' substituted in text for ``Hot Springs
Reservation'' pursuant to act Mar. 4, 1921.
Arlington Hotel Site
Section 2 of act Mar. 3, 1891, authorized the leasing of the
Arlington Hotel site for a term which has expired. Provision for leasing
this property was made by act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, Sec. 1, 37 Stat.
459.
Act Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 180, 46 Stat. 1109, incorporated in section
370a of this title, provided that upon the expiration on Mar. 6, 1932,
of the existing lease of the Arlington Hotel Company, the property or
site should be kept, retained and maintained by the United States for
park and landscaping purposes, and that no new lease shall be granted
for the erection of another hotel, bathhouse or other structure thereon.
Leases Pursuant to 1878 Act
For prior provisions relating to leases of ground, bathhouses, etc.,
made by act Dec. 16, 1878, ch. 5, 20 Stat. 258, see Codification notes
set out under section 361 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 368 of this title.
