§ 8e. — Conveyance to States of roads leading to certain historical areas; conditions; jurisdiction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC8e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 8e. Conveyance to States of roads leading to certain
historical areas; conditions; jurisdiction
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion,
subject to such conditions as may seem to him proper, to convey by
proper quitclaim deed to any State, county, municipality, or proper
agency thereof, in which the same is located, all the right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to any Government owned or
controlled road leading to any national cemetery, national military
park, national historical park, national battlefield park, or national
historic site administered by the National Park Service. Prior to the
delivery of any conveyance under this section and section 8f of this
title, the State, county, or municipality to which the conveyance
authorized in this section is to be made shall notify the Secretary of
the Interior in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the
road or roads included in such conveyance. Upon the execution and
delivery of any conveyance authorized in this section, any jurisdiction
heretofore ceded to the United States by a State over the roads conveyed
shall thereby cease and determine and shall thereafter vest and be in
the particular State in which such roads are located.
(June 3, 1948, ch. 401, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 334.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1c, 8f of this title.
