FEDERAL · 16 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER XXVIII—CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

Establishment; description of area

16 U.S.C. § 261
Title16Conservation
ChapterSUBCHAPTER XXVIII—CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

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16 U.S.C. § 261.

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When title to such lands, structures, and other property in the Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas, being portions of the Warriors Path of the Indians and Wilderness Road of Daniel Boone, within Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia; and Claiborne County, Tennessee; as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national historical park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, such area or areas shall be, and they are, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid areas.

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J. F. Schneider & Son, Inc. v. Watt
252 S.W.2d 898 (Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976), 1952)
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History

(June 11, 1940, ch. 304, §1, 54 Stat. 262; May 26, 1943, ch. 103, §1, 57 Stat. 85.)

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Amendments
1943—Act May 26, 1943, omitted proviso relating to inclusion of certain specified lands.

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