Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 459


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 459. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area; conditional establishment; acquisition of lands

      When title to all the lands, except those within the limits of
    established villages, within boundaries to be designated by the
    Secretary of the Interior within the area of approximately one
    hundred square miles on the islands of Chicamacomico, Ocracoke,
    Bodie, Roanoke, and Collington, and the waters and the lands
    beneath the waters adjacent thereto shall have been vested in the
    United States, said area shall be, and is, established, dedicated,
    and set apart as a national seashore recreational area for the
    benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the Cape
    Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area: Provided, That the
    United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys
    any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be
    secured by the United States only by public or private donation.



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