§ 156. Establishment; boundaries

Statutory text

When title to such lands as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for recreational park purposes within the boundaries to be determined by him within the area of approximately one million five hundred thousand acres, in the counties of Brewster and Presidio, in the State of Texas, known as the “Big Bend” area, shall have been vested in the United States, such lands shall be established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the “Big Bend National Park”: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public and private donations.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1935
Pub. L. 74–283 § 1 · 49 Stat. 393
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 156
(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 1, 49 Stat. 393.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 1, 49 Stat. 393.)

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Credits

(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 1, 49 Stat. 393.)