§ 51. — Yosemite National Park; exchange of privately owned lands in park.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC51]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 51. Yosemite National Park; exchange of privately owned
lands in park
The Secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture, for
the purpose of eliminating private holdings within the Yosemite National
Park and to preserve intact timber along and adjoining the roads in the
scenic portion of the park on patented lands, are empowered in their
discretion to obtain and accept for the United States a complete title
to any and all patented lands within the boundaries of said park by the
exchange of timber or timber and lands within the Yosemite National Park
and the Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests for such lands and the
timber thereon within the park, necessary conveyances of park and
national forest timber or timber and lands to be made by said
secretaries, respectively. The secretaries of the said departments are
authorized to acquire title in fee by the exchange of lands of the
United States for patented lands not exceeding six hundred and forty
acres in the Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests, adjacent and
contiguous to the Yosemite National Park, and when such patented lands
are thus acquired, said lands shall become a part of the Yosemite
National Park and be subject to all the provisions of sections 55, 61,
471c and 471d of this title.
(Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 74, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 80; Apr. 16, 1914, ch. 58, 38
Stat. 345.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 52 of this title.
