§ 408i. — Acceptance of territory ceded by Michigan; jurisdiction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC408i]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LII--ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 408i. Acceptance of territory ceded by Michigan;
jurisdiction
Sole and exclusive jurisdiction over and within all the territory
that is as of March 6, 1942 or may thereafter be included in that area
in the State of Michigan set aside and dedicated for park purposes by
the United States as the Isle Royale National Park is assumed by the
United States, saving, however, to the State of Michigan the right to
serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park
in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired,
obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said
park; and saving further to said State the right to tax persons and
corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included in
said park; and saving also to the persons residing in said park now, or
hereafter, the right to vote at all elections held within the county in
which they reside. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park
shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the
State of Michigan.
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 150, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 133.)
Codification
A provision accepting the act of the Michigan Legislature which
ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the territory
referred to in this section has been omitted as executed.
Notice to Michigan of Sections 408i to 408q
Section 10 of act Mar. 6, 1942, which act affected sections 408i to
408q of this title, provided: ``That the Secretary of the Interior shall
notify in writing the Governor of the State of Michigan of the passage
and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes
police jurisdiction over said park as specified in said act of the State
of Michigan.''
