§ 47e. — Purchase of private lands for park authorized.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC47e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 47e. Purchase of private lands for park authorized
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase
when purchaseable \1\ at prices deemed by him reasonable--otherwise by
condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, on behalf
of the United States under any fund or moneys available for such
purpose, on July 9, 1937, except from the general fund of the Treasury,
any of the following-described lands in the State of California now in
private ownership, to wit: Section 25, lots 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9, section
34, northeast quarter, southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, lots
1 to 10, inclusive, section 35, section 36, township 1 south, range 19
east; southeast quarter northwest quarter, east half southwest quarter,
southeast quarter, lots 2, 3, and 4, section 30, section 31, township 1
south, range 20 east; sections 1, 2, and 3, east half section 10,
sections 11 and 12, north half section 14, northeast quarter section 15,
township 2 south, range 19 east; southeast quarter northwest quarter,
east half southwest quarter, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, section 6, township
2 south, range 20 east, Mount Diablo meridian.
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\1\ So in original.
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When title to the aforesaid privately owned lands has been vested in
the United States, all of the lands described in this section shall be
added to and become a part of the Yosemite National Park and shall be
subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto: Provided, That
nothing in this section or section 47f of this title shall be construed
to affect any valid existing rights.
(July 9, 1937, ch. 469, Secs. 1, 2, 50 Stat. 485, 486.)
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 47f of this title.
