§ 416. — Refusal to surrender leased land; recovery.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC416]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 416. Refusal to surrender leased land; recovery
Any person to whom land lying within any national military parks may
have been leased, who refuses to give up possession of the same to the
United States after the termination of said lease, and after possession
has been demanded for the United States by any park commissioner or the
park superintendent, or any person retaining possession of land lying
within the boundary of said park which he or she may have sold to the
United States for park purposes and have received payment therefor,
after possession of the same has been demanded for the United States by
any park commissioner or the park superintendent, shall be deemed guilty
of trespass, and the United States may maintain an action for the
recovery of the possession of the premises so withheld in the courts of
the United States, according to the statutes or code of practice of the
State in which the park may be situated.
(Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 372, Secs. 4, 5, 29 Stat. 622.)
