§ 423n. Acceptance of lands and funds; acquisition of lands

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, and/or buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of the said battlefield site as determined and fixed hereunder, and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, either by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title 40, such tracts of land on the said battlefield site as may be necessary for the completion thereof.

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.

1936
Pub. L. 74–840 § 2 · 49 Stat. 1089
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 423n
(June 26, 1936, ch. 840, § 2, 49 Stat. 1975.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 26, 1936, ch. 840, § 2, 49 Stat. 1975.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

“Section 3113 of title 40” substituted in text for “the Act of August 1, 1888” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Credits

(June 26, 1936, ch. 840, § 2, 49 Stat. 1975.)