§ 404c-12. — Entrance roads.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC404c-12]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 404c-12. Entrance roads
For the purpose of developing a proper and suitable entrance road to
the Mammoth Cave National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States
donations of lands, buildings, structures, and other property or
interests therein, or to acquire such property with donated funds by
purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, within an area or areas to be
determined by him, but (a) not to exceed one mile in width, extending
from the exterior boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park to a point
to be selected by him on United States Highway Numbered 31-W, and (b)
not to exceed one-half mile in width on either side of United States
Highway Numbered 31-W and running for a distance of not to exceed two
miles along said highway. Lands acquired for purposes of protecting such
entrance roads shall not be less than five hundred feet in width on
either side of said roads: Provided, That only one such entrance road
shall be established between United States Highway Numbered 31-W and
Mammoth Cave National Park pursuant to this Act.
(June 5, 1942, ch. 341, Sec. 12, 56 Stat. 320.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 5, 1942, which is
classified to sections 404c-1 to 404c-12 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 404c-11 of this title.
