Us Code § 256i - Notice to Governor of Washington; application of laws to subsequently accepted lands
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§ 256i. Notice to Governor of Washington; application of laws to subsequently accepted lands
The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the passage and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the park. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Olympic National Park, the provisions of sections 256b and 256c of this title shall apply to such lands.
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, §10, 56 Stat. 137.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 6, 1942, which is classified to sections 256 to 256i of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
SUBCHAPTER XXVIII—CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
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