§404 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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When the United States gains full ownership of the land, the Mammoth Cave area in Kentucky — about 70,618 acres — will be set aside as Mammoth Cave National Park for the public to use and enjoy. This is the tract recommended by the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission on April 8, 1926 under the Act of February 21, 1925 (ch. 281, 43 Stat. 958). The United States may not buy these lands with public money; they must be given by public or private donation.

Title 16, §404

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When title to lands within the area referred to in this section shall have been vested in the United States in fee simple, there shall be, and there is, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, the tract of land in the Mammoth Cave region in the State of Kentucky, being approximately seventy thousand six hundred and eighteen acres, recommended as a National Park by the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission to the Secretary of the Interior, in its report of April 8, 1926, and made under authority of the Act of February 21, 1925 (chapter 281, 43 Statutes 958); which area, or any part or parts thereof as may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be known as the Mammoth Cave National Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

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Act of February 21, 1925, referred to in text, was not classified to the Code.

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Title 16, §404

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