Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§408a Acceptance of title to lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LII— - ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK › § 408a
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can accept free gifts of land on those islands, if given acceptable proof of ownership, for national parks.
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Title 16, §408a
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands located on said islands offered to the United States, without cost, as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes.
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16 U.S.C. § 408a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73