16 USC § 47a - Addition of certain lands to park authorized

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s47a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 47a - Addition of certain lands to park authorized"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "47a"
section_name: "Addition of certain lands to park authorized"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 9, 1930, ch. 234, § 1, 46 Stat. 265.)"
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# § 47a. Addition of certain lands to park authorized

For the purpose of preserving and consolidating timber stands along the western boundary of the Yosemite National Park the President of the United States is authorized, upon the joint recommendation of the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, to add to the Yosemite National Park, in the State of California, by Executive proclamation, section 1 and the north half of section 12, township 1 south, range 19 east, Mount Diablo meridian.

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**Source Credit**: (May 9, 1930, ch. 234, § 1, 46 Stat. 265.)