16 U.S.C. § 403I
Section 403i · Secretary of the Interior authorized to purchase necessary lands
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Stroud v. State (1955)
Most recently applied in Stroud v. State (January 1955)
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase, at prices deemed by him to be reasonable, the lands needed to complete the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the provisions of sections 403 and 403a to 403c of this title; and the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, when in his opinion unreasonable prices are asked for any of such lands, to acquire the same by condemnation under the provisions of sections 257 and 258 of title 40.
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References In Text
Section 258 of title 40, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code as superseded by rule 71A of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.