§ 425a. — Acquisition of 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: 16USC425a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 425a. Acquisition of lands
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause condemnation
proceedings to be instituted in the name of the United States under the
provisions of section 3113 of title 40, to acquire title to the lands,
interests therein, or rights pertaining thereto within the said
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial,
authorized to be acquired in section 425 of this title, and the United
States shall be entitled to immediate possession upon the filing of the
petition in condemnation in the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia: Provided, That when the owner of such
lands, interests therein, or rights pertaining thereto shall fix a price
for the same, which in the opinion of the commission, referred to in
section 425c of this title, and the Secretary of the Interior, shall be
reasonable, the Secretary may purchase the same without further delay:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
accept on behalf of the United States, donations of lands, interests
therein or rights pertaining thereto required for the said
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial: And
provided further, That no public money shall be expended for title to
any lands until a written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had
in favor of the validity of title thereto.
(Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 1092; Ex. Ord. No. 6166,
Sec. 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933.)
Codification
``Section 3113 of title 40'' substituted in text for ``the Act of
August 1, 1888, entitled `An Act to authorize condemnation of lands for
sites for public buildings, and for other purposes' (Twenty-fifth
Statutes at Large, page 357)'' on authority of Pub. L. 107-217,
Sec. 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which
enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under
section 425 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 425, 425d, 425e, 425j, 425k
of this title.
