Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§430h–2 Exchange of Certain Lands Authorized

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430h–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can transfer two small pieces of Vicksburg National Military Park land. One is three and one-tenth acres, more or less, to the city of Vicksburg for school use (the city now has a revocable permit through its board of education). The other is one and thirty-two hundredths acres, more or less, to the Mississippi State Highway Commission for a weighing station (it now has a revocable permit). He may set whatever terms and conditions he thinks are needed. In exchange, the city and the Highway Commission must give the United States land or rights from among tracts 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, and 216 on map Numbered NMP–VIC–7007. The exchanged land or rights must be mutually agreed and approximately equal in value to what the United States receives in each transfer.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430h–2

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In order to further the consolidation of land comprising Vicksburg National Military Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary, to transfer to the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, for school purposes, a tract of park land containing three and one-tenth acres, more or less, now under revocable permit to said city, acting through its board of education, and to transfer to the Mississippi State Highway Commission a tract of park land containing one and thirty-two hundredths acres, more or less, now under revocable permit to said commission for use as a site for a weighing station: Provided, That, from among the land designated as tracts 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, and 216 on map Numbered NMP–VIC–7007, said city and highway commission shall transfer in exchange to the United States, for addition to Vicksburg National Military Park, such land or interests therein as may be mutually agreed upon and which are approximately equal in value to the properties being acquired in each case.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430h–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60