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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 256i. Notice to Governor of Washington; application of laws to subsequently accepted lands

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the passage and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the park. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Olympic National Park, the provisions of sections 256b and 256c of this title shall apply to such lands.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 77–151 § 10 · 56 Stat. 135

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 256i

    (Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 10, 56 Stat. 137.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 10, 56 Stat. 137.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Notice of acceptance of Jurisdiction. Governor of the State of Washington of the passage and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the park. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Olympic National Park, the provisions of sections 2 to 9, inclusive, shall apply to such lands.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act , which is classified to sections 256 to 256i of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Credits

(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 10, 56 Stat. 137.)

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