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[CITE: 16USC410d]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                SUBCHAPTER LIV--EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 410d. Acceptance and protection of property pending 
        establishment of park; publication of establishment order
        
    (a) For the purpose of protecting the scenery, the wildlife, and 
other natural features of the region authorized to be established as the 
Everglades National Park by sections 410 to 410c of this title, 
notwithstanding any provision contained in said sections, the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of 
the United States any land, submerged land, or interests therein, 
subject to such reservations of oil, gas, or mineral rights as the 
Secretary may approve, within the area of approximately two thousand 
square miles recommended by said Secretary in his report to the Congress 
of December 3, 1930, pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 
1443): Provided, That no general development of the property accepted 
pursuant to this section shall be undertaken nor shall the park be 
established until title satisfactory to the Secretary to a major portion 
of the lands, to be selected by him, within the aforesaid recommended 
area shall have been vested in the United States: Provided further, That 
until the property acquired by the United States pursuant to this 
section has been cleared of the aforesaid reservations, the Secretary in 
his discretion shall furnish such protection thereover as may be 
necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this section: And 
provided further, That in the event the park is not established within 
ten years from December 6, 1944, or upon the abandonment of the park at 
any time after its establishment, title to any lands accepted pursuant 
to the provisions of this section shall thereupon automatically revest 
in the State of Florida or other grantors of such property to the United 
States.
    (b) Upon the execution of the aforesaid provisions relating to 
establishment thereof, the Everglades National Park shall be established 
by order of the Secretary which shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

(Dec. 6, 1944, ch. 508, 58 Stat. 794.)

                       References in Text

    Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1443), referred to in subsec. (a), is 
act Mar. 1, 1929, ch. 446, 45 Stat. 1443, which is not classified to the 
Code.
