§ 447b. — Donation of property; condemnation proceedings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC447b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 447b. Donation of property; condemnation proceedings
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of
land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property,
within the boundaries of said national monument as determined and fixed
hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance
thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may
acquire on behalf of the United States under any donated funds by
purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise
by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such
tracts of land within the said national monument as may be necessary for
the completion thereof.
(June 14, 1934, ch. 519, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 959.)
Codification
``Section 3113 of title 40'' substituted in text for ``the Act of
August 1, 1888'' on authority of Pub. L. 107-217, Sec. 5(c), Aug. 21,
2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40,
Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
