Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§409a Acceptance of Title to Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIII — MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 409a
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept donations of land, property, and money for the park within park. Titles for purchased land must satisfy Secretary. He may accept Revolutionary War sites, rights, and buildings in Morris and adjacent New Jersey counties to expand Morristown National Historical Park.
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Title 16, §409a
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interest in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said park as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands purchased to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States other lands, easements, and buildings of Revolutionary War interest in Morris and adjacent counties in New Jersey as may be donated for the extension of the Morristown National Historical Park.
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16 U.S.C. § 409a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102