§244 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may buy or take by eminent domain certain parcels to add to Theodore Roosevelt National Park: lots 6 and 7 in section 33, township 144 north, range 102 west; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 144 north, range 102 west; lots 4 and 5 in section 4, township 143 north, range 102 west; and the parts of lot 1 and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 5, township 143 north, range 102 west, that lie north and east of a diagonal line from the northwest corner of lot 1 to the southeast corner of that quarter‑quarter. He may rebuild on that land the log ranch house (30 by 60 feet), a log blacksmith shop (16 by 20 feet), one log stable (16 by 20 feet), another log stable (20 by 30 feet), a log dog house, three rectangular log corrals, and one circular log corral, as they were when Theodore Roosevelt occupied the place. The total cost for the land and buildings must not exceed $40,000.

Title 16, §244

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to obtain by purchase or condemnation proceedings, as part of said Theodore Roosevelt National Park, lots 6 and 7, section 33, township 144 north, range 102 west; southeast quarter of southeast quarter, section 32, township 144 north, range 102 west; lots 4 and 5, section 4, township 143, range 102 west; and those parts of lot 1 and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section 5, township 143 north, range 102 west, that lie north and east of a line running diagonally from the northwest corner of said lot 1 to the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 5, and to reconstruct thereon the log ranch house thirty by sixty feet, the log blacksmith shop sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable twenty by thirty feet, log dog house, three log rectangular corrals, and one log circular corral, as they existed at the time the premises were occupied by Theodore Roosevelt: Provided, That the total cost of such land and buildings shall not exceed $40,000.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1948—Act June 10, 1948, corrected the land description of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park redesignated Theodore Roosevelt National Park, pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 610, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521, which is classified to section 241g of this title.

§244 Construction of log buildings; limitation on cost