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Title 16 — Conservation

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

§ 397c. Acquisition of lands by Governor of the Territory of Hawaii

Statutory text

In order to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in consolidating in Federal ownership lands within the area described in section 397 of this title, and to facilitate acquisition of the lands needed for the national historical park, the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii is also authorized to acquire lands for said park, at the expense of the Territory of Hawaii by exchange or otherwise, in accordance with procedure prescribed by section 392 of this title.

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. 84–385 § 4 · 69 Stat. 717

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 397c

    (July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 4, 69 Stat. 379.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 4, 69 Stat. 379.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. The amendment made by section 3 of this Act shall apply only with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1954.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Admission of Hawaii as State

Admission of Hawaii into the Union was accomplished , on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, , 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74, as required by sections 1 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 86–3, , 73 Stat. 4, set out as notes preceding former section 491 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Credits

(July 26, 1955, ch. 385, § 4, 69 Stat. 379.)

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