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[CITE: 16USC410cc-22]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
            SUBCHAPTER LIX-A--LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
                 Part B--Powers and Duties of Secretary
 
Sec. 410cc-22. Acquisition of property


(a) Specified property; manner of acquisition

    (1) The Secretary is authorized to acquire the properties designated 
in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or any interest therein, by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, condemnation, or 
otherwise. Any property or interest therein owned by the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only 
by donation. The Secretary may initiate condemnation proceedings under 
this paragraph only after making every reasonable effort to acquire 
property through negotiations and purchase, and consulting with the 
Commission (if established) and the city council of Lowell.
    (2) The properties referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection 
are the following:
        (A) The Linus Childs House, 63 Kirk Street.
        (B) The H and H Paper Company (commonly referred to as Boott 
    Mill Boarding House), 42 French Street.
        (C) Old City Hall, 226 Merrimack Street.
        (D) Merrimack Gatehouse, 269 Merrimack Street.
        (E) The Wannalancit Textile Company, 562 Suffolk Street.
        (F) The structures containing the Jade Pagoda and Solomon's Yard 
    Goods, 210 and 200 Merrimack Street.

(b) Other property; criteria for acquisition; manner of acquisition

    Until the date on which the Commission conducts its first meeting, 
the Secretary may acquire any property within the park or preservation 
district not designated in subsection (a)(2) of this section, or any 
interest therein, if such property--
        (1) is identified in the report of the Lowell Historical Canal 
    District Commission as a property which should be preserved, 
    restored, managed, developed, or maintained in a manner consistent 
    with the purpose of this subchapter;
        (2) is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as 
    maintained by the Secretary pursuant to section 470a(a) of this 
    title, and section 462(b) of this title; or
        (3) is determined by the Secretary to be of national 
    significance;

and would be subject to demolition or major alteration in a manner 
inconsistent with the purposes of this subchapter unless acquired by the 
Secretary. Such property may be acquired only as provided in subsection 
(a)(1) of this section.

(c) Easements; manner of acquisition

    The Secretary may acquire easements within the park for the purpose 
of carrying out this subchapter. Such easements may be acquired only as 
provided in subsection (a)(1) of this section.

(Pub. L. 95-290, title II, Sec. 202, June 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 293.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 410cc-21 of this title.
