2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES (§§ 1 - 460zzz-7)
Subchapter XXVII - OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK (§§ 251 - 256i)
Section 256 - Acceptance of land ceded by State of Washington; assumption of jurisdiction
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER XXVII - OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK Sec. 256 - Acceptance of land ceded by State of Washington; assumption of jurisdiction |
| Contains | section 256 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, §1, 56 Stat. 135. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 56 Stat. 135 |
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The provisions of the act of the Legislature of the State of Washington, approved March 8, 1941 (Chapter 51 of the Laws of 1941 of the State of Washington), ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over and within all the territory included on March 8, 1941, in the tract of land in the State of Washington, set aside for the purposes of a national park and known as the Olympic National Park, are accepted. Subject to the reservations made by the State in the act of cession, the United States assumes sole and exclusive jurisdiction over such territory.
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, §1, 56 Stat. 135.)
References in TextAct of State of Washington “approved March 8, 1941”, referred to in text, may be found in Rem. Rev. St., §8110–1 and Revised Code of Washington Annotated, §37.08.210.
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