§ 428g. Occupation of lands by former owners

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into agreements, upon such nominal terms as he may prescribe, with such present owners of the land as may desire to remain upon it, to occupy and cultivate their present holdings, upon condition that they will preserve the present buildings and roads, and the present outlines of field and forest, and that they will only cut trees or underbrush under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as may from time to time be erected by proper authority.

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.

1928
Pub. L. 70–248 § 8 · 45 Stat. 367
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 428g
Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 8, 45 Stat. 368
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 8, 45 Stat. 368
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 8. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into agreements, upon such nominal terms as he may prescribe, with such present owners of the land as may desire to remain upon it, to occupy and cultivate their present holdings, upon condition that they will preserve the present buildings and roads, and the present outlines of field and forest, and that they will only cut trees or underbrush under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as may from time to time be erected by proper authority.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of administrative functions of park, see note set out under section 428 of this title.

Credits

1928–1960 · 4 acts

1928Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 8, 45 Stat. 368
1933Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933
1933Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933
1960Pub. L. 86–738, § 5, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 876.

Show as published

(Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 248, § 8, 45 Stat. 368; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 2, June 10, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6228, § 1, July 28, 1933; Pub. L. 86–738, § 5, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 876.)