16 USC § 450m - Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land

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title: "16 USC § 450m - Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "450m"
section_name: "Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LXI"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 592, § 2, 49 Stat. 666.)"
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# § 450m. Acceptance of donations of lands and funds; acquisition of land

*Provided*section 3113 of title 40

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 said national monument 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: , That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of , such tracts of land within the said national monument as may be necessary for the completion thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 592, § 2, 49 Stat. 666.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Hereunder, referred to in text, means act , which is classified to sections 450 to 450n of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

“” substituted in text for “the Act of ” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.