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Recitation in this section as originally enacted of the fact that Sieur de Monts National Monument was established under act June 8, 1906, by Presidential proclamation of July 8, 1916, was omitted as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 ParkPub. 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).”
Pub. L. 99–420, title I, Sept. 25, 1986, 100 Stat. 955, as amended by Pub. L. 110–229, title III, § 314(a), (b)(1), (c), (d), May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2108(a), (b), (c)(2), (f), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 728–730; Pub. L. 117–328, div. DD, title VI, § 618, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5606, provided that:
[Pub. L. 110–229, title III, § 314(b)(2), May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 775, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending section 103(f) of Public Law 99–420, set out above] shall take effect on September 25, 2006.”
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Acadia National Park Lands Lying Within Boundaries of Town of Isle au Haut, MainePub. L. 97–335, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1627, as amended by Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(1)(C), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196, provided: