Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 244. Construction of log buildings; limitation on cost
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to obtain by purchase or condemnation proceedings, as part of said Theodore Roosevelt National Park, lots 6 and 7, section 33, township 144 north, range 102 west; southeast quarter of southeast quarter, section 32, township 144 north, range 102 west; lots 4 and 5, section 4, township 143, range 102 west; and those parts of lot 1 and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section 5, township 143 north, range 102 west, that lie north and east of a line running diagonally from the northwest corner of said lot 1 to the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 5, and to reconstruct thereon the log ranch house thirty by sixty feet, the log blacksmith shop sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable twenty by thirty feet, log dog house, three log rectangular corrals, and one log circular corral, as they existed at the time the premises were occupied by Theodore Roosevelt: Provided, That the total cost of such land and buildings shall not exceed $40,000.
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. 80–41 § 4 · 61 Stat. 52
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 244
Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 4, 61 Stat. 54
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 4, 61 Stat. 54Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to Acquisition of lots for reconstruction of buildings. Cost limitation. obtain by purchase or condemnation proceedings, as part of said Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, lots 2, 3, 4, and 6 of section 33, township 144, range 102, and to reconstruct thereon the log ranch house thirty by sixty feet, the log blacksmith shop sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable twenty by thirty feet, log dog house, three log rectangular corrals, and one log circular corral, as they existed at the time the premises were occupied by Theodore Roosevelt: Provided, That the total cost of such land and buildings shall not exceed $40,000.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1948—Act , corrected the land description of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park redesignated Theodore Roosevelt National Park, pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 610, , 92 Stat. 3521, which is classified to section 241g of this title.
Credits
1947–1978 · 3 acts
- 1947Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 4, 61 Stat. 54
- 1948June 10, 1948, ch. 437, § 1, 62 Stat. 352
- 1978Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 610, , 92 Stat. 3521.
Show as published
(Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 4, 61 Stat. 54; June 10, 1948, ch. 437, § 1, 62 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 610, , 92 Stat. 3521.)