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§430x Authorization of Appropriations; Authorization to Expand Boundaries
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LX— NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430x
Summary
Up to $100,000 can be taken from the Treasury to pay for the park. After that money is spent, the Secretary of the Interior may buy extra land to even out the park’s shape or to protect nearby historic forts or earthworks that might be lost under private ownership.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §430x
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The sum of $100,000 is authorized to be appropriated out of any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purposes herein designated: Provided, That if, after the expenditure of the funds herein authorized, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that the acquisition of additional lands is necessary in order to perfect the symmetry of the park area or to acquire locations of historic interest adjacent to the park area already acquired upon which fortifications or entrenchments are located which are likely to deteriorate or be destroyed under private ownership, he is authorized to acquire additional lands for such purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 26, 1935, ch. 315, 49 Stat. 423, which is classified to sections 430t to 430x of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1939—Act Aug. 9, 1939, inserted proviso.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AppropriationAdditional $55,000 was appropriated by section 2 of act Aug. 9, 1939.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 430x
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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