§ 430ii. — Dedication.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC430ii]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 430ii. Dedication
Sections 430ff to 430jj of this title shall become effective if and
when the requirements of sections 430ff and 430gg of this title shall
have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the President of
the United States, who shall then issue a notice declaring that the
requirements herein have been met, and said notice shall formally
dedicate and set aside the areas transferred to the United States in
accordance with the provisions of section 430ff of this title.
(July 25, 1956, ch. 729, Sec. 4, 70 Stat. 651.)
Proc. No. 3308. Establishment of Park
Proc. No. 3308, Aug. 11, 1959, 24 F.R. 6607, provided:
WHEREAS the battle of Horseshoe Bend, fought on March 27, 1814, on
the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, resulted in a decisive victory for the
forces of General Andrew Jackson over a strong body of Creek Indians and
broke the power of the Creek Confederacy; and
WHEREAS this significant historic event on the Indian border opened
the way for settlement in Alabama and other parts of the old Southwest;
and
WHEREAS section 1 of an act approved July 25, 1956 (70 Stat. 651)
[section 430ff of this title], provides that when not less than five
hundred acres of non-Federal lands (together with improvements thereon),
known as the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground, shall have been acquired and
transferred free and clear of all encumbrances to the United States
without expense to the Federal Government, such area shall be dedicated
and set apart as the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park: and
WHEREAS section 2 of that act [section 430gg of this title]
authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to make an
examination of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground with a view to
determining the area or areas thereof deemed desirable for inclusion in
the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park; and
WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior on June 11, 1957, approved a
map showing an area of 2,040 acres on the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground
as being desirable for inclusion in the Horseshoe Bend National Military
Park, and such land was donated to, and accepted on behalf of, the
United States of America on April 24, 1959; and
WHEREAS the requirements of sections 1 and 2 of the act of July 25,
1956 (70 Stat. 651) [sections 430ff and 430gg of this title], have been
fully complied with:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4
of the above-mentioned act of July 25, 1956 [this section], do hereby
dedicate and set aside the following-described lands in Tallapoosa
County, Alabama, as the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park:
Northeast quarter (NE\1/4\), northeast quarter of northwest quarter
(NE\1/4\ of NW\1/4\), northeast quarter of southeast quarter (NE\1/4\ of
SE\1/4\), fractions A, B, C and E of section 15; fractions B, D, and E
of section 22; all in township 23 north, range 23 east; also one-half
acre known as the Ferry Landing on the south side of the Tallapoosa
River in said section 15, more particularly described as follows:
Commence at the southwest corner of section 15, township 23 north, range
23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; thence south 89 degrees 00 minutes
east 1968 feet to a point; thence north 1 degree 00 minutes west 1267
feet to a point on the southerly bank of the Tallapoosa River and the
point of beginning of the parcel herein intended to be described; thence
south 52 degrees 00 minutes west 147.6 feet to a point; thence north 38
degrees 00 minutes west 147.6 feet to a point; thence north 52 degrees
00 minutes east 147.6 feet to a point on the southerly bank of the said
river; thence upstream along the southerly bank of the river south 38
degrees 00 minutes east 147.6 feet to the point of beginning, and being
situated in the east half of the southwest quarter of section 15,
township 23 north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; also a
parcel of land known as Miller's Island in the Tallapoosa River just
south of the river bridge more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of said section 15, township 23
north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; thence south 89
degrees 00 minutes east 2605 feet to a point on the west bank of said
island, which is the point of beginning; thence north 5 degrees 00
minutes east 220 feet to a point; thence north 8 degrees 00 minutes west
510 feet to a point; thence north 82 degrees 00 minutes east 350 feet to
a point; thence north 55 degrees 30 minutes east 75 feet to a point;
thence north 82 degrees 00 minutes east 115 feet to a point; thence
south 17 degrees 00 minutes east 330 feet to a point; thence south 8
degrees 00 minutes east 270 feet to a point; thence south 77 degrees 45
minutes west 270 feet to a point; thence south 59 degrees 35 minutes
west 160 feet to a point; thence south 36 degrees 06 minutes west 650
feet to a point; thence north 5 degrees 00 minutes east 530 feet to the
point of beginning, containing 14.11 acres, more or less, and being
situated in sections 15 and 22, township 23 north, range 23 east,
Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Less and except 5.1 acres in said section 15
township 23 north, range 23 east, previously conveyed by Nora E. Miller
to Horseshoe Bend Battle Park Commission, described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is 13 chains and 51 links south 75 degrees 30
minutes west of a point on the west line of section 14, township 23
north, range 23 east, which is 69 chains south of the northwest corner
of said section 14; thence west 8 chains and 50 links, thence south 6
chains, thence east 8 chains and 50 links thence north 6 chains to the
point of beginning.
The above described lands contain 560.66 acres, more or less.
Section 14, township 23 north, range 23 east; west half of northwest
quarter and northeast quarter of northwest quarter of section 23,
township 23 north, range 23 east; section 15 and section 22, township 23
north, range 23 east, less and except the following described parts of
said sections 15 and 22, township 23 north, range 23 east, known as
Alabama Power Company lands, described as follows: Northeast quarter
(NE\1/4\), northeast quarter of northwest quarter (NE\1/4\ of NW\1/4\),
northeast quarter of southeast quarter (NE\1/4\ of SE\1/4\), fractions
A, B, C and E of section 15; fractions B, D, and E of section 22; all in
township 23 north, range 23 east; also one-half acre known as the Ferry
Landing on the south side of the Tallapoosa River in section 15, more
particularly described as follows: Commence at the southwest corner of
section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa County,
Alabama; thence south 89 degrees 00 minutes east 1968 feet to a point;
thence north 1 degree 00 minutes west 1267 feet to a point on the
southerly bank of the Tallapoosa River and the point of beginning of the
parcel herein intended to be described; thence south 52 degrees 00
minutes west 147.6 feet to a point; thence north 38 degrees 00 minutes
west 147.6 feet to a point; thence north 52 degrees 00 minutes east
147.6 feet to a point on the southerly bank of said river; thence
upstream along the southerly bank of the river south 38 degrees 00
minutes east 147.6 feet to the point of beginning, and being situated in
the east half of the southwest quarter of section 15, township 23 north,
range 23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; also a parcel of land known
as Miller's Island in the Tallapoosa River just south of the river
bridge more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the
southwest corner of said section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east,
Tallapoosa County, Alabama; thence south 89 degrees 00 minutes east 2605
feet to a point on the west bank of said island, which is the point of
beginning; thence north 5 degrees 00 minutes east 220 feet to a point;
thence north 8 degrees 00 minutes west 510 feet to a point; thence north
82 degrees 00 minutes east 350 feet to a point; thence north 55 degrees
30 minutes east 75 feet to a point; thence north 82 degrees 00 minutes
east 115 feet to a point; thence south 17 degrees 00 minutes east 330
feet to a point; thence south 8 degrees 00 minutes east 270 feet to a
point; thence south 77 degrees 45 minutes west 270 feet to a point;
thence south 59 degrees 35 minutes west 160 feet to a point; thence
south 36 degrees 06 minutes west 650 feet to a point; thence north 5
degrees 00 minutes east 530 feet to the point of beginning, containing
14.11 acres, more or less, and being situated in sections 15 and 22,
township 23 north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Less and
except 5.1 acres in said section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east,
previously conveyed by Nora E. Miller to Horseshoe Bend Battle Park
Commission, described as follows: Beginning at a point which is 13
chains and 51 links south 75 degrees 30 minutes west of a point on the
west line of section 14, township 23 north, range 23 east, which is 69
chains south of the northwest corner of said section 14; thence west 8
chains and 50 links, thence south 6 chains, thence east 8 chains and 50
links, thence north 6 chains to the point of beginning. Said 5.1-acre
exception in said section 15 has heretofore been conveyed to the United
States of America by patent from the State of Alabama.
The above-described lands contain 1,474.24 acres, more or less.
Beginning at a point which is 13 chains and 51 links south 75
degrees 30 minutes west of a point on the west line of section 14 which
is 69 chains south of the northwest corner of section 14, thence west 8
chains and 50 links, thence south 6 chains, thence east 8 chains and 50
links, thence north 6 chains to the point of beginning, the said land
lying and being in section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east.
The above-described lands contain 5.1 acres, more or less.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this eleventh day of August in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the
independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-
fourth.
[seal]
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 430gg, 430jj of this title.
