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§403h–10 Notice to Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee; application of sections 403h–3 and 403h–4 to subsequent lands accepted
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403h–10
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must write to the Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee to say the Act was passed and approved and that the United States has taken over police authority for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If the Secretary accepts more jurisdiction over lands now or later included in the park, sections 2 through 9 will apply to those lands.
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Title 16, §403h–10
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The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Governors of the States of North Carolina and Tennessee of the passage and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over said park as specified in said acts of the States of North Carolina and Tennessee. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the provisions of sections 2 to 9 inclusive, shall apply to such lands.
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This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 29, 1942, which is classified to sections 403h–1 to 403h–10 of this title. For complete classification of this act to the Code, see Tables. Sections 2 to 9 inclusive, referred to in text, means sections 2 to 9 of act Apr. 29, 1942, only section 3 and 4 of which are still in effect and are classified to section 403h–3 and 403h–4 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 403h–10
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73