§ 52. Values of lands and timber to be exchanged; lands added to 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.

1. 1912

   Pub. L. 62–74 § 2 · 37 Stat. 80

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 52

   (Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 74, § 2, 37 Stat. 80.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 74, § 2, 37 Stat. 80.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Determination of values. That the value of patented lands within the park offered in Payment for timber in excess of value of land. exchange, and the value of the timber on park lands proposed to be given in exchange for such patented lands, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, direct, and all expenses incident to ascertaining such values shall be paid by the owners of said patented lands, and such owners shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patented lands offered in exchange, and if the value of the timber on park lands exceeds the value of the patented lands deeded to the Government in the exchange such excess shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior by the owners of the patented lands before any of the timber is removed from the park, and shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The same course shall be pursued in relation to exchange for timber standing near public roads on Proviso. Lands added to Park. patented lands for timber to be exchanged on park lands: Provided, That the lands conveyed to the Government under this Act shall become a part of the Yosemite National Park.

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