Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§370a Retention of Arlington Hotel Site for Park and Landscape Purposes
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XL — HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK › § 370a
Summary
When the Arlington Hotel Company's lease ends on March 6, 1932, the U.S. must keep the Hot Springs National Park site at Central and Fountain Streets for park and landscaping; the hotel and bathhouse burned on April 5, 1923, and no new lease may allow any structure there.
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Title 16, §370a
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The site within the Hot Springs National Park fronting on Central Avenue and on Fountain Street, leased by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the authority of Act of August 24, 1912 (chapter 355, 37 Statutes 459) to the Arlington Hotel Company, and occupied by the hotel and bathhouse building of said company until it burned on April 5, 1923, shall upon the expiration on March 6, 1932, of the existing lease therefor with the said Arlington Hotel Company, be kept, retained, and maintained by the United States for park and landscaping purposes; and no new lease shall be granted by the Secretary of the Interior for the erection of another hotel, bathhouse, or other structure thereon.
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Act August 24, 1912 (chapter 355, 37 Statutes 459), as it related to lease of property at Hot Springs, Arkansas, referred to in text, was classified to section 370 of this title and was omitted from the Code as superseded by this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 370a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102