Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 353. Leases
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, execute leases to parcels of ground not exceeding twenty acres in extent for periods not to exceed twenty years whenever such ground is necessary for the erection of establishments for the accommodation of visitors; may grant such other necessary privileges and concessions as he deems wise for the accommodation of visitors; and may likewise arrange for the removal of such mature or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary and advisable for the protection and improvement of the park.
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. 64–121 § 7 · 39 Stat. 120
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 353
Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 7, 39 Stat. 939
Source evidence
Code source credit
Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 7, 39 Stat. 939
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1928—Act , repealed provision that no appropriation for the maintenance of the park in excess of $10,000 annually should be made unless expressly authorized by law.
Credits
1917–1928 · 2 acts
- 1917Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 7, 39 Stat. 939
- 1928May 21, 1928, ch. 654, § 1, 45 Stat. 622.
Show as published
(Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 7, 39 Stat. 939; May 21, 1928, ch. 654, § 1, 45 Stat. 622.)