16-U.S.C.-691
§691 – Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; Location; Acquisition of Land
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Title 16 > Chapter 6 > Section 691
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- Reference: Section 691
- Legend: §691 – Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; Location; Acquisition of Land
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in what is known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County, Kansas, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of submergence of his lands.
(June 12, 1930, ch. 469, §1, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 671 of this title.
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