Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§449 Acceptance of Donations of Land and Funds; Acquisition of Land
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXI— NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 449
Summary
The Secretary can accept gifts of land, land rights, buildings, other property, and money to buy or care for property inside the national monument if the ownership papers meet his approval. He may use donated money to buy needed tracts at prices he finds reasonable or take them by condemnation under section 3113 of title 40.
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Title 16, §449
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The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is, authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land and/or 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 out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or 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 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. § 449
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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