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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§241b Exchange of Lands

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XXVI— THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK › § 241b

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may exchange federally owned land in sections 1, 12, and 13 of township 148 north, range 100 west, and in sections 6, 7, and 18 of township 148 north, range 99 west to get non‑Federal land inside the park set by section 241a. Stockmen keep a permanent right to use the old trail along the Little Missouri River to move livestock to and from the railroad. If the Secretary finds some of those federal lands are not needed for trading, he can give control of them to other federal agencies without payment. If no federal agency takes them, they can be transferred to the State of North Dakota without payment to the United States.

Full Legal Text

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.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 241b

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60