Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§410yyy–1 Donation of Property; Condemnation Proceedings
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–WW— OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410yyy–1
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can take gifts of land, parts of land, buildings, structures, other property, and money for use inside the national monument’s official boundaries. The ownership papers must meet the Secretary’s approval. If land is needed to finish the monument, he may buy it with donated funds at prices he thinks are reasonable, or, if not, get it by condemnation under section 3113 of title 40.
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Title 16, §410yyy–1
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property, within the boundaries of said national monument as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States under any donated funds by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land within the said national monument as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 447b of this title. “Section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act of August 1, 1888” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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16 U.S.C. § 410yyy–1
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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