16 U.S.C. § 410yyy: Establishment; acquisition…

Summary

When ownership of the lands called the "Old Ocmulgee Fields," containing important Indian mounds and comprising approximately two thousand acres in and around the city of Macon, County of Bibb, State of Georgia, has been transferred to the United States under the Secretary of the Interior’s designation for national-monument use, the President must proclaim the area as the "Ocmulgee National Monument." The United States may not buy any of these lands with public money; they must be obtained only by public or private donation.

Title 16, §410yyy

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

When title to lands commonly known as the “Old Ocmulgee Fields”, upon which certain Indian mounds of great historical importance are located, comprising approximately two thousand acres, in and around the city of Macon, County of Bibb, State of Georgia, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his judgment and discretion as necessary for national-monument purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be set aside as a national monument, by proclamation of the President, and shall be known as the “Ocmulgee National Monument”: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 447a of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Ocmulgee National Monument was redesignated Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park by Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2102(b)(1), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 724, which is classified to section 410yyy–3(b)(1) of this title.

Executive Documents

Establishment of Monument; BoundariesMonument and boundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2212, Dec. 23, 1936, 50 Stat. 1798; Proc. No. 2493,

June 13, 1941, 55 Stat. 1655; Pub. L. 102–67,

July 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 325.

§410yyy Establishment; Acquisition of Property