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16 U.S.C. § 403a — Acceptance of title to lands

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16 U.S.C. § 403a — Acceptance of title to lands

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept as hereinafter provided on behalf of the United States title to the lands referred to in [section 403 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section403&num=0&edition=prelim) and to be purchased with the $1,200,000 which has been subscribed by the State of Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park Association of Virginia and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Shenandoah National Park area, and with the $1,066,693 which has been subscribed by the State of Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association and by the Great Smoky Mountains (Incorporated) (North Carolina) and with other contributions for the purchase of lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area.

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16 U.S.C. § 403 — Establishment; boundaries

When title to lands within the areas hereinafter referred to shall have been vested in the United States in fee simple there are established, dedicated, and set apart as public parks for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, the tract of land in the Blue Ridge, in the State of Virginia, being approximately five hundred and twenty-one thousand acres recommended by the Secretary of the Interior in his report of April 14, 1926, which area, or any part or parts thereof as may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be known as the Shenandoah National Park; and the tract of land in the Great Smoky Mountains in the States of North Carolina and Tennessee being approximately seven hundred and four thousand acres, recommended by the Secretary of the Interior in his report of April 14, 1926, which area, or any part or parts thereof as may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid areas, but that such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

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16 U.S.C. § 403a — Acceptance of title to lands

Page 225 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 403b 1 See References in Text note below. 1 See References in Text note below. § 403–2. Exchange of lands within Shenandoah National Park The Secretary of the Interior may accept title to approximately 37.44 acres of land within the authorized boundaries of the Shenandoah Na- tional Park, said land fronting on United States Highway Numbered 211 and being more particu- larly described as follows: Beginning at park monument H–8, thence with the park boundary line the following courses and distances: north 51 degrees 57 minutes, east 2,242.0 feet to park monument H–9; south 26 de- grees 40 minutes, east 51.0 feet to park monu- ment H–10; south 32 degrees 40 minutes, east 340.0 feet to park monument H–11; south 11 de- grees 35 minutes, east 190.0 feet to park monu- ment H–12; south 41 degrees 26 minutes, east 329.0 feet to park monument H–13; thence cross- ing Pass Run south 57 degrees 00 minutes 36 sec- onds, west 1,871.32 feet to a marked white oak tree near the northeast edge of the fire road on top of Piney Mountain, thence north 58 degrees 36 minutes, west 771.16 feet to the point of begin- ning. In exchange for the aforesaid land the Sec- retary is authorized to convey on the basis of approximately equal values a parcel of park land containing approximately 38.58 acres, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at park monument P–153, a point in the center of Route 666, Virginia Department of Highways, thence with the park boundary line the following courses and distances: north 66 de- grees 27 minutes, west 345.0 feet to park monu- ment P–152; north 41 degrees 08 minutes, east 705.0 feet to park monument P–151; north 63 de- grees 01 minutes, west 302.0 feet to park monu- ment P–150; north 30 deg

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