Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 256. Acceptance of land ceded by State of Washington; assumption of jurisdiction
Statutory text
The provisions of the act of the Legislature of the State of Washington, approved (Chapter 51 of the Laws of 1941 of the State of Washington), ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over and within all the territory included on , in the tract of land in the State of Washington, set aside for the purposes of a national park and known as the Olympic National Park, are accepted. Subject to the reservations made by the State in the act of cession, the United States assumes sole and exclusive jurisdiction over such territory.
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. 77–151 § 1 · 56 Stat. 135
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 256
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 1, 56 Stat. 135.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 1, 56 Stat. 135.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of State of Washington “approved ”, referred to in text, may be found in Rem. Rev. St., § 8110–1 and Revised Code of Washington Annotated, § 37.08.210.
Credits
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 1, 56 Stat. 135.)