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16 U.S.C. § 397c — Acquisition of lands by Governor of the Territory of Hawaii
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In order to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in consolidating in Federal ownership lands within the area described in [section 397 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section397&num=0&edition=prelim), and to facilitate acquisition of the lands needed for the national historical park, the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii is also authorized to acquire lands for said park, at the expense of the Territory of Hawaii by exchange or otherwise, in accordance with procedure prescribed by [section 392 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section392&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In order to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in consolidating in Federal ownership lands within the area described in [section 397 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section397&num=0&edition=prelim), and to facilitate acquisition of the lands needed for the national historical park, the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii is also authorized to acquire lands for said park, at the expense of the Territory of Hawaii by exchange or otherwise, in accordance with procedure prescribed by [section 392 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section392&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment** When title to such lands located on the island of Hawaii, within the following-described area, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his judgment and discretion as necessary and suitable for the purpose, shall have been vested in the United States, said lands shall be set apart as the Puʻuhonua o Ho̅naunau National Historical Park, in the Territory of Hawaii, for the benefit and inspiration of the people:
parcel 1
Being all of R. P. 3306, L. C. Aw. 7219, Apana 2 to Kaliae, all of L. C. Aw. 9470 to Muki, and portions of R. P. 7874, L. C. Aw. 11216 Apana 34 to M. Kekauonohi (Ahupuaa of Honaunau), and R. P. 6852, L. C. Aw. 7712 Apana 1 to M. Kekuanaoa (Ahupuaa of Keokea).
Beginning at a one and one-half-inch pipe in concrete monument called “Kalani”, at the southeast corner of this parcel, the northeast corner of parcel 3, and on the common boundary of the lands of Keokea and Kiilae, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station “Lae-O-Kanoni” being seven thousand four hundred forty-four and eight-tenths feet south and five thousand three and two-tenths feet east, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
1. Seventy-nine degrees thirty-three minutes fifteen seconds six hundred and eighty feet along the land of Kiilae, L. C. Aw. 8521–B to G. D. Hueu and passing over a rock called “Kuwaia”, marked K+K at six hundred seventy-three and two-tenths feet to high-water mark; thence along high-water mark, along seacoast for the next three courses, the direct azimuths and distances between points at seacoast being:
2. One hundred and thirty-five degrees fifty-one minutes three thousand nine hundred seventy-six and one-tenth feet;
3. One hundred and fifty-two
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The governor of the Territory of Hawaii is authorized to acquire, at the expense of the Territory of Hawaii, by exchange or otherwise, all privately owned lands lying within the boundaries of the Hawaii National Park as defined by [section 391 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section391&num=0&edition=prelim), and all necessary perpetual easements and rights-of-way, or roadways, in fee simple, over or to said land or any part thereof, but the provisions of section 73 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April 30, 1900, as amended by an Act approved May 27, 1910, relating to exchanges of public lands shall not apply in the acquisition, by exchange, of the privately owned lands herein referred to.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 397a
1 See References in Text note below.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2002—Pub. L. 107–340 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), substituted ‘‘When’’ for ‘‘That, when’’, and
added subsecs. (b) and (c).
2000—Pub. L. 106–510 substituted ‘‘Pu‘uhonua o
Ho¯naunau National Historical Park’’ for ‘‘Puuhonua o
Honaunau National Historical Park’’ in introductory
provisions.
1978—Pub. L. 95–625 redesignated as ‘‘Puuhonua o
Honaunau National Historical Park’’ the Park pre-
viously designated ‘‘City of Refuge National Historical
Park’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Pub. L. 106–510, § 3(d)(2), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2364,
provided that: ‘‘Any reference in any law (other than
this Act [see Short Title of 2000 Amendments note set
out under section 1 of this title]), regulation, docu-
ment, record, map, or other paper of the United States
to ‘Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park[’]
shall be considered a reference to ‘Pu‘uhonua o
Ho¯naunau National Historical Park’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107–340, § 1, Dec. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 2889, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending this section] may be
cited as the ‘Pu‘uhonua o Ho¯naunau National Histor-
ical Park Addition Act of 2002’.’’
Executive Documents
ADMISSION OF HAWAII AS STATE
Admission of Hawaii into the Union was accom-
plished Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug.
21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74, as required by sections
1 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set
out as notes preceding section 491 of Title 48, Terri-
tories and Insular Possessions.
§ 397a. Establishment; notice in Federal Register
Upon the vesting of title in the United States
to such lands as may be designated by
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