Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§52 Values of Lands and Timber to Be Exchanged; Lands Added to Park

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VI — SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 52

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior will decide how to figure the value of private patented land offered for exchange and the value of timber on park land to be traded. Landowners must pay the cost of finding those values and must show proof of title before the exchange takes effect. If the park timber is worth more than the patented land, the owners must pay the difference to the Secretary before any timber is removed, and that money is deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The same rules apply to exchanges for timber standing near public roads on patented land. Lands conveyed to the Government under section 51 become part of Yosemite National Park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §52

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The value of patented lands within the park offered in exchange, and the value of the timber on park lands proposed to be given in exchange for such patented lands, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, direct, and all expenses incident to ascertaining such values shall be paid by the owners of said patented lands, and such owners shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patented lands offered in exchange, and if the value of the timber on park lands exceeds the value of the patented lands deeded to the Government in the exchange such excess shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior by the owners of the patented lands before any of the timber is removed from the park, and shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The same course shall be pursued in relation to exchange for timber standing near public roads on patented lands for timber to be exchanged on park lands. The lands conveyed to the Government under section 51 of this title shall become a part of the Yosemite National Park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 52

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102