§ 447a. — Ocmulgee National Monument; establishment; acquisition of property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC447a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 447a. Ocmulgee National Monument; establishment;
acquisition of property
When title to lands commonly known as the ``Old Ocmulgee Fields'',
upon which certain Indian mounds of great historical importance are
located, comprising approximately two thousand acres, in and around the
city of Macon, County of Bibb, State of Georgia, as shall be designated
by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his judgment and
discretion as necessary for national-monument purposes, shall have been
vested in the United States, said area shall be set aside as a national
monument, by proclamation of the President, and shall be known as the
``Ocmulgee National Monument'': Provided, That the United States shall
not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the
aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States
only by public or private donation.
(June 14, 1934, ch. 519, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 958.)
Establishment of Monument; Boundaries
Monument and boundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2212,
Dec. 23, 1936, 50 Stat. 1798; Proc. No. 2493, June 13, 1941, 55 Stat.
1655; Pub. L. 102-67, July 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 325.
