Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§343c–4 Exchange of lands; Rich property

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXXVII— - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK › § 343c–4

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may transfer a one and eight-tenths acre part of Acadia National Park in Southwest Harbor, Maine to Maurice Rich, Senior, and accept from him other land that the Secretary thinks is suitable for the park. The lands must be about equal in value or balanced with cash paid to the seller or the Secretary, and any cash the Secretary gets must go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Once the federal lot is transferred, it is removed from the park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §343c–4

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The Secretary of the Interior may convey to one Maurice Rich, Senior, a portion of the Acadia National Park, comprising approximately one and eight-tenths acres in the town of Southwest Harbor, Maine, and in exchange therefor the Secretary may accept from said Maurice Rich, Senior, any property which in the Secretary’s judgment is suitable for addition to the park. The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be approximately equal, or if they are not approximately equal the values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secretary as the circumstances require. Any cash payment received by the Secretary shall be credited to the land and water conservation fund in the Treasury of the United States. A conveyance of the federally owned lot shall eliminate it from the park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 343c–4

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73