§ 341. Establishment; description of area

§ 341. Establishment; description of area

The tracts of land, easements, and other real estate known before February 26, 1919, as the Sieur de Monts National Monument, situated on Mount Desert Island, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, are declared to be a national park and dedicated as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people under the name of the Acadia National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for Sieur de Monts National Monument.

(Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 45, § 1, 40 Stat. 1178; Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 77, § 2, 45 Stat. 1083.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

The words “known before February 26, 1919,” were substituted in text for “heretofore known”.

Recitation in this section as originally enacted of the fact that Sieur de Monts National Monument was established under act June 8, 1906, by Presidential proclamation of July 8, 1916, was omitted as historically obsolete.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Lafayette National Park” changed to “Acadia National Park” by act Jan. 19, 1929.

Permanent Boundary for Acadia National Park

Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2108(c)(1), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 730, provided that: “The Secretary [of the Interior] shall reestablish and appoint members to the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission in accordance with section 103 of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note).”