Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§111b Donations or Exchanges of Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XII— MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK › § 111b
Summary
To protect Point Lookout Road, the Secretary of the Interior can accept donated land or right-of-way or trade for land along or next to the road by exchanging equal-value unappropriated public lands in sections 29 and 32, township 36 north, range 14 west, New Mexico principal meridian. The Secretary will decide how to determine the land values, and landowners must give proof of ownership that the Secretary accepts before any exchange is final.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §111b
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For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section and section 111a of this title the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land or right-of-way, or to acquire title to any land along or adjacent to the said Point Lookout Road as may be deemed desirable by him for the protection of said road, by exchange for any unappropriated public lands within section 29 and 32, township 36 north, range 14 west, New Mexico principal meridian, of equal value; the value of the lands offered for exchange hereunder and the value of the lands of the United States to be selected therefor shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct; and the owners of lands offered to the United States pursuant hereto shall, before the exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the lands offered in exchange.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 111b
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60