16 USC § 179 - Donations of buildings and other property

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s179"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 179 - Donations of buildings and other property"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "179"
section_name: "Donations of buildings and other property"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XX"
subchapter_name: "GLACIER NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 308; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 151.)"
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# § 179. Donations of buildings and other property

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept buildings, moneys, or other property which may be useful in the betterment of the administration and affairs of the Glacier National Park under his supervision, and which may be donated for park purposes. He may accept patented lands or rights-of-way over patented lands in the Glacier National Park that may be donated for park purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 308; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 151.)

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### Codification

The first sentence of this section is from section 1 of act , and the last sentence from section 1 of act .