16 U.S.C. § 47e: Purchase of private lands for…

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may buy certain privately owned lands in California for Yosemite National Park. He can buy them at prices he thinks are reasonable or, if owners will not sell, take them by legal condemnation under 40 U.S.C. 3113. Payment may come from any funds available on July 9, 1937, except the Treasury’s general fund. The parcels are in township 1 and 2 south, ranges 19 and 20 east, Mount Diablo meridian (specific sections and lots are listed in the law). Once the United States has the title, the lands become part of Yosemite and follow park rules, but any valid existing rights are not affected.

Title 16, §47e

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase when purchaseable at prices deemed by him reasonable—otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, on behalf of the United States under any fund or moneys available for such purpose, on July 9, 1937, except from the general fund of the Treasury, any of the following-described lands in the State of California now in private ownership, to wit: section 25, lots 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9, section 34, northeast quarter, southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, section 35, section 36, township 1 south, range 19 east; southeast quarter northwest quarter, east half southwest quarter, southeast quarter, lots 2, 3, and 4, section 30, section 31, township 1 south, range 20 east; section 1, 2, and 3, east half section 10, section 11 and 12, north half section 14, northeast quarter section 15, township 2 south, range 19 east; southeast quarter northwest quarter, east half southwest quarter, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, section 6, township 2 south, range 20 east, Mount Diablo meridian. When title to the aforesaid privately owned lands has been vested in the United States, all of the lands described in this section shall be added to and become a part of the Yosemite National Park and shall be subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto: Provided, That nothing in this section or section 47f of this title shall be construed to affect any valid existing rights.

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.

§47e Purchase of Private Lands for Park Authorized

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Title 16, §47e

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