[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC52]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 52. Values of lands and timber to be exchanged; lands added
to park
The value of patented lands within the park offered in exchange, and
the value of the timber on park lands proposed to be given in exchange
for such patented lands, shall be ascertained in such manner as the
Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, direct, and all
expenses incident to ascertaining such values shall be paid by the
owners of said patented lands, and such owners shall, before any
exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence
satisfactory to him of title to the patented lands offered in exchange,
and if the value of the timber on park lands exceeds
