§459a — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can accept donations of land, land interests, buildings, and money for the national seashore inside its legal borders. He may use donated funds to buy needed tracts at prices he finds reasonable or, if not, acquire them by condemnation under section 3113 of title 40, and the land titles must be acceptable to the Secretary.

Title 16, §459a

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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 seashore recreational area as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and 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 seashore recreational area as may be necessary for the completion thereof.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Words “national seashore recreational area” substituted in text for “national seashore” pursuant to act June 29, 1940.

§459a Acceptance of Donations; Acquisition of Property by Purchase and Condemnation