Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§282 Acquisition of Property; Purpose; Authority of Secretary; Manner and Place; Donation of State Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXXIII — SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 282
Summary
Secretary of the Interior may get land or property on San Juan Island by donation, purchase with donated or government funds, or exchange. The land is to preserve and explain the American and English camps and to commemorate events from 1853–1871, including the 1859 Pig War. State or local government land must be donated.
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Title 16, §282
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange, lands, interests in lands, and such other property on San Juan Island, Puget Sound, State of Washington, as the Secretary may deem necessary for the purpose of interpreting and preserving the sites of the American and English camps on the island, and of commemorating the historic events that occurred from 1853 to 1871 on the island in connection with the final settlement of the Oregon Territory boundary dispute, including the so-called Pig War of 1859. Lands or interests therein owned by the State of Washington or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation.
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16 U.S.C. § 282
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102