§ 449. — Acceptance of donations of land and funds acquisition of land.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC449]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 449. Acceptance of donations of land and funds; acquisition
of land
The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is, authorized to accept
donations of land, interests in land and/or 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 out of any donated
funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or 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 18, 1934, ch. 573, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 983.)
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.
