Act of February 26, 1919 Public Law 45, as amended Act of February 26, 1919 ch45 116–9 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Acadia National Park Acts 13736 66 1919-02-26 Act of February 26, 1919 [(Chapter 45)] [As Amended Through P.L. 116–9, Enacted March 12, 2019] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Chapter 45 of the 65th Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo establish the Lafayette National Park in the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That [16 U.S.C. 341] the tracts of land, easements, and other real estate heretofore known as the Sieur de Monts National Monument, situated on Mount Desert Island, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, established and designated as a national monument under the Act of June eighth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities,” by presidential proclamation of July eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby declared to be a national park and dedicated as a public ark for the benefit and enjoyment of the people under the name of the Lafayette 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.
Sec. 2. [16 U.S.C. 342] That the administration, protection, and promotion of said Lafayette National Park shall he exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provision of the Act of August twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” and Acts additional thereto or amendatory thereof.