§ 444a. — Ascertainment of value of lands offered for exchange; evidence of title.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC444a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 444a. Ascertainment of value of lands offered for exchange;
evidence of title
The value of all patented lands within said monument offered for
exchange, and the value of the lands of the United States to be given in
exchange therefor, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary
of the Interior may direct; and the owners of such privately owned lands
within said monument shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish
the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to
the patented lands offered in exchange; and lands conveyed to the United
States under section 444 of this title shall be and remain a part of the
Petrified Forest National Monument.
(May 14, 1930, ch. 271, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 278.)
Disestablishment of Petrified Forest National Monument
Disestablishment of Petrified Forest National Monument upon
establishment of Petrified Forest National Park, see section 119 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 119 of this title.
