16 U.S.C. § 241b: Exchange of lands

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may trade federal land to get private land inside the park. The trades can involve federal land in sections 1, 12, and 13, township 148 north, range 100 west, and sections 6, 7, and 18, township 148 north, range 99 west. A permanent right-of-way is kept for stockmen to trail livestock to and from the railroad along the Little Missouri River on the same historic route. If the Secretary decides some of those federal lands are not needed for trades, he can give them to other federal agencies without payment. If no federal agency wants them, they can be conveyed to the State of North Dakota without reimbursing the United States.

Title 16, §241b

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For the purposes of acquiring non-Federal lands within the boundaries of said park as established by this section and section 241a of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to exchange federally owned lands within section 1, 12, and 13, township 148 north, range 100 west, and section 6, 7, and 18, township 148 north, range 99 west. Reserving, however, to the stockmen of the surrounding area a perpetual right-of-way through the park for the trailing of livestock, to and from the railroad, along and adjacent to the Little Missouri River, being the same trail or route which has been used by the stockmen for that purpose since the beginning of the livestock industry in the area. Administrative jurisdiction over any of such lands that the Secretary of the Interior finds are not required for exchange purposes as herein provided may be conveyed to other Federal agencies by the Secretary of the Interior without exchange of funds, or if such lands are not required by other Federal agencies they may be conveyed to the State of North Dakota without reimbursement to the United States.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, 61 Stat. 52, which comprises this subchapter.

§241b Exchange of Lands

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Title 16, §241b

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