§ 459. — Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area; conditional establishment; acquisition of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC459]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
Sec. 459. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area;
conditional establishment; acquisition of lands
When title to all the lands, except those within the limits of
established villages, within boundaries to be designated by the
Secretary of the Interior within the area of approximately one hundred
square miles on the islands of Chicamacomico, Ocracoke, Bodie, Roanoke,
and Collington, and the waters and the lands beneath the waters adjacent
thereto shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be,
and is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a national seashore
recreational area for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall
be known as the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area:
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.
(Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 687, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 669; June 29, 1940, ch. 459,
Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 702.)
Change of Name
Words ``national seashore recreational area'' substituted in text
for ``national seashore'' pursuant to act June 29, 1940.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 459a-2, 459a-3,
459a-5a of this title.
