Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410r–1 Acceptance of additional lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIV— - EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410r–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can accept for Everglades National Park about 1,160 acres of land and submerged land located in sections 25, 26, and 36 of Township 53 South, Range 29 East, and section 30 of Township 53 South, Range 30 East, Tallahassee meridian. These lands come from three Collier deeds dated December 12, 1951; December 26, 1951; and March 21, 1952, recorded in Collier County (deed book 22, page 240; deed book 22, page 244; deed book 39, page 25) and conveyed to the trustees of the State of Florida’s internal improvement fund for park use. The land must keep the reservations in those deeds for public utility easements and public rights-of-way related to Indian Key Channel and for the state highway or causeway from Everglades City to Chokoloskee Island.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410r–1

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept for Everglades National Park purposes, title to approximately 1,160 acres of land and submerged land lying within section 25, 26, and 36 of township 53 south, range 29 east, and section 30, township 53 south, range 30 east, Tallahassee meridian, and being a portion of the land and submerged land donated and conveyed by three Collier deeds in 1951 and 1952 to the trustees of the internal improvement fund of the State of Florida for subsequent inclusion in the Everglades National Park. Such three Collier deeds are dated December 12, 1951, December 26, 1951, and March 21, 1952, and are recorded in deed book 22, page 240, deed book 22, page 244, and deed book 39, page 25, respectively, in Collier County, Florida. The aforesaid land and submerged land shall be subject to the reservations set forth in the aforementioned Collier deeds for public utility easements and rights-of-way of the public with respect to Indian Key Channel, and also to a public right-of-way for the State highway or causeway from Everglades City to Chokoloskee Island.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410r–1

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73