Volume 68 · 792
Public Law 83–654
To authorize the exchange of lands acquired by the United States for the Catoctin recreational demonstration area. Frederick County, Maryland, for the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings therein.
Approved August 24, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the exchange of lands acquired by the United States for the Catoctin recreational demonstration area. Frederick County, Maryland, for the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings therein.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Catoctin recreational demonstration area, Md.
Land exchange.
of the Interior, for the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings of land acquired for the Catoctin recreational demonstration area, Frederick County, Maryland, is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to obtain for the United States land and interests in lands held in private ownership within the established watersheds and boundaries of said recreational demonstration area by accepting from the owners of such privately owned land complete relinquishment thereof, and the Secretary may grant to such owners in exchange therefor, in each instance, federally owned lands of approximately equal value now a part of the Catoctin recreational demonstration area, that he considers are not essential for the administration, control, and operation of the aforesaid recreational demonstration area. Any land acquired by the United States pursuant to this authorization shall become a part of the Catoctin recreational demonstration area upon the vesting of title in the United States, and shall be subject to the laws applicable thereto.
Approved August 24, 1954.