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[CITE: 16USC407o]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER LI--INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
Sec. 407o. Construction of buildings; acceptance of donations

    The Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to 
construct upon a portion of the land described in section 407m of this 
title, or upon other land that may be donated for such purpose, which 
property he is authorized to accept, such offices and administration 
buildings as he may deem advisable, together with a suitable auditorium 
for the interpretation of the historical features of the national 
historical park. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to 
accept donations of property of national historical significance located 
in the city of Philadelphia which the Secretary may deem proper for 
administration as part of the Independence National Historical Park. Any 
property donated for the purposes of this section shall become a part of 
the park, following its establishment, upon acceptance by the United 
States of title to such donated property. The Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to permit the American Philosophical Society, a nonprofit 
corporation, without cost to the United States, to construct, operate, 
and maintain in the park a building to be located on approximately the 
original site of historic Library Hall to house the library of the 
American Philosophical Society and any additions to said library, such 
permission to be granted the society pursuant to a lease, contract, or 
authorization without charge, on such terms and conditions as may be 
approved by the Secretary and accepted by the society, and for such 
length of time as the society shall continue to use the said building 
for the housing, display, and use of a library and scientific and 
historical collections: Provided, That the plans for the construction of 
the building and any additions thereto shall be approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior.

(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 1062; July 10, 1952, ch. 653, 
Sec. 2, 66 Stat. 575.)


                               Amendments

    1952--Act July 10, 1952, inserted last sentence.


       Acquisition of Land Encroached Upon by Deshler-Morris House

    Pub. L. 85-702, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 701, provided: ``That, for 
the purpose of placing in Government ownership a small strip of land 
encroached upon by the Deshler-Morris House, which was donated to the 
United States and accepted as a part of Independence National Historical 
Park pursuant to section 3 of the Act of June 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 1061) 
[this section], the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
the following land:
    ``Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side of Germantown 
Avenue at the distance of 165 feet 7\1/2\ inches southeastwardly from 
the southeasterly side of School House Lane, in the 22d ward of the city 
of Philadelphia; thence extending south 41 degrees 50 minutes 46 seconds 
west 44 feet to a point; thence extending north 48 degrees 58 minutes 40 
seconds west 6 feet 1 inch to a point; thence extending south 42 degrees 
8 minutes 17 seconds west 106 feet 4 inches to a point of corner; thence 
extending south 48 degrees 58 minutes 40 seconds east 12 feet 1\1/2\ 
inches to a point of corner; thence extending north 41 degrees 50 
minutes 46 seconds east 150 feet 3\7/8\ inches to the southwesterly side 
of Germantown Avenue; thence extending north 48 degrees 58 minutes 40 
seconds west along the southwesterly side of Germantown Avenue 5 feet 6 
inches to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.''
