§ 407m-1. — Acquisition of additional 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: 16USC407m-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LI--INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 407m-1. Acquisition of additional lands and buildings
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation
or with donated funds, or to acquire by purchase, the land and buildings
immediately adjacent to, but not including, the St. George's Methodist
Church property, which land and buildings are identified generally as
318, 320, and 322 New Street, for inclusion in the Independence National
Historical Park: Provided, That the Secretary shall first enter into an
agreement with the proprietor or proprietors of the St. George's
Methodist Church property, such agreement to contain the usual and
customary provisions for the protection and physical maintenance of said
church property, without expense to the United States, in keeping with,
but not as a part of, the nearby Independence National Historical Park
and providing for its continued use, without limitation or control, for
customary church purposes.
(Pub. L. 86-54, Sec. 1, June 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 88.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948, ch. 687, 62
Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this subchapter.
Appropriations
Section 2 of Pub. L. 86-54 provided that: ``There are hereby
authorized to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $25,000, as may
be necessary to carry out the purposes of section 1 of this Act [this
section].''
