§ 428g. — Occupation of lands by former owners.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC428g]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 428g. Occupation of lands by former owners
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into
agreements, upon such nominal terms as he may prescribe, with such
present owners of the land as may desire to remain upon it, to occupy
and cultivate their present holdings, upon condition that they will
preserve the present buildings and roads, and the present outlines of
field and forest, and that they will only cut trees or underbrush under
such regulations as the Secretary 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.
(Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, Sec. 8, 45 Stat. 368; 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 428 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 428e, 428k of this title.
