Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 261


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 261. Establishment; description of area

      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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