§ 425b. — Leasing lands for memorial.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC425b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 425b. Leasing lands for memorial
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into leases
with the owners of such of the lands, works, defenses, and buildings
thereon within the said Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle
Fields Memorial, as in his discretion it is unnecessary to forthwith
acquire title to, and such leases shall be on such terms and conditions
as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and may contain options
to purchase, subject to later acceptance if in the judgment of the
Secretary of the Interior it is as economical to purchase as condemn
title to the property: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may
enter into agreements upon such nominal terms as he may prescribe,
permitting the present owners or their tenants to occupy or cultivate
their present holdings, upon condition that they will preserve the
present breastworks, earthworks, walls, defenses, shelters, buildings,
and roads, and the present outlines of the battlefields, and that they
will only cut trees or underbrush or disturb or remove the soil, under
such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and
that they will assist in caring for and protecting all tablets,
monuments, or such other artificial works as may from time to time be
erected by proper authority: Provided further, That if such agreements
to lease cover any lands the title to which shall have been acquired by
the United States, the proceeds from such agreements shall be applied by
the Secretary of the Interior toward the maintenance of the park.
(Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 127, Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 1092; Ex. Ord. No. 6166,
Sec. 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, July 28, 1933.)
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.
