Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 157. Acquisition of lands
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in section 156 of this title as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: Provided, That no land for the Big Bend National Park shall be accepted until exclusive jurisdiction over the entire area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Texas to the United States.
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.
Pub. L. 74–283 § 2 · 49 Stat. 393
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 157
(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 2, 49 Stat. 393.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 2, 49 Stat. 393.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in the previous section hereof as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: Provided, That Proviso. Exclusive jurisdiction required. no land for said park shall be accepted until exclusive jurisdiction over the entire area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Texas to the United States.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(June 20, 1935, ch. 283, § 2, 49 Stat. 393.)