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§430x Authorization of appropriations; authorization to expand boundaries

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430x

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

$100,000 from the Treasury may be used for the stated purposes, and after that the Secretary of the Interior may buy extra land if he finds it needed to straighten the park’s boundaries or to protect nearby historic forts or earthworks that might be ruined under private ownership.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430x

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The sum of $100,000 is authorized to be appropriated out of any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purposes herein designated: Provided, That if, after the expenditure of the funds herein authorized, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that the acquisition of additional lands is necessary in order to perfect the symmetry of the park area or to acquire locations of historic interest adjacent to the park area already acquired upon which fortifications or entrenchments are located which are likely to deteriorate or be destroyed under private ownership, he is authorized to acquire additional lands for such purposes.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Herein, referred to in text, means act June 26, 1935, ch. 315, 49 Stat. 423, which is classified to sections 430t to 430x of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1939—Act Aug. 9, 1939, inserted proviso.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

AppropriationAdditional $55,000 was appropriated by section 2 of act Aug. 9, 1939.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430x

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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