16 U.S.C. § 410yyy | Establishment; acquisition of property

1 See Change of Name note below.

ProvidedWhen title to lands commonly known as the “Old Ocmulgee Fields”, upon which certain Indian mounds of great historical importance are located, comprising approximately two thousand acres, in and around the city of Macon, County of Bibb, State of Georgia, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his judgment and discretion as necessary for national-monument purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be set aside as a national monument, by proclamation of the President, and shall be known as the “Ocmulgee National Monument”:  , That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public or private donation.

June 14, 1934, ch. 519, § 1 48 Stat. 958 (, .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 447a of this titleSection was formerly classified to .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2102(b)(1)Mar. 12, 2019133 Stat. 724 section 410yyy–3(b)(1) of this titleOcmulgee National Monument was redesignated Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park by , , , which is classified to .

Executive Documents

Establishment of Monument; Boundaries

Dec. 23, 193650 Stat. 1798 June 13, 194155 Stat. 1655 Pub. L. 102–67July 9, 1991105 Stat. 325 Monument and boundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2212, , ; Proc. No. 2493, , ; , , .