§ 392. — Acquisition of privately owned 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: 16USC392]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLI--HAWAII NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 392. Acquisition of privately owned lands
The governor of the Territory of Hawaii is authorized to acquire, at
the expense of the Territory of Hawaii, by exchange or otherwise, all
privately owned lands lying within the boundaries of the Hawaii National
Park as defined by section 391 of this title, and all necessary
perpetual easements and rights-of-way, or roadways, in fee simple, over
or to said land or any part thereof, but the provisions of section 73 of
an Act entitled ``An Act to provide a government for the Territory of
Hawaii,'' approved April 30, 1900, as amended by an Act approved May 27,
1910, relating to exchanges of public lands shall not apply in the
acquisition, by exchange, of the privately owned lands herein referred
to.
(Feb. 27, 1920, ch. 89, Secs. 1, 2, 41 Stat. 452, 453.)
References in Text
Section 73 of an Act approved April 30, 1900, as amended, referred
to in text, was classified to sections 663, 664, 665 to 677b, 1509 to
1512 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. Sections 663,
664, and 665 to 677b of Title 48 were omitted from the Code as obsolete.
Codification
Section 1 of act Feb. 27, 1920, is the source of that portion of
this section preceding ``but the provisions of section 73''; remainder
being from section 2 of that Act.
Admission of Hawaii as State
Admission of Hawaii into the Union was accomplished Aug. 21, 1959,
on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 FR 6868, 73 Stat. c74,
as required by sections 1 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 86-3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73
Stat. 4, set out as notes preceding section 491 of Title 48, Territories
and Insular Possessions.
Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park
Designation of portion of Hawaii National Park situated on island of
Hawaii as Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, effective Sept. 22, 1961, see
section 391d of this title.
Haleakala National Park
Establishment of detached portion of Hawaii National Park lying on
island of Maui as Haleakala National Park, effective July 1, 1961, see
section 396b of this title.
Extension of Application
Act Apr. 11, 1928, ch. 359, Sec. 2, 45 Stat. 426, extended
provisions of this section and made them applicable to lands added to
the park and included within boundary established by section 391 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 391b-1, 392a of this title.
