Hospitals & Asylums
Chapter 7 National Cemeteries
§289 Conveyance to State or municipality
of approach road to national cemetery
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to convey to any
State, county, municipality, or proper agency thereof, in which the same is
located, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any
Government owned or controlled approach road to any national cemetery:
Provided, That prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance hereunder,
the State, county, municipality, or agency to which the conveyance herein
authorized is to be made, shall notify the Secretary of the Army in writing of
its willingness to accept and maintain the road included in such conveyance: Provided
further, That upon the execution and delivery of the United States of
America over the road conveyed shall cease and determine and shall thereafter
vest in the State in which said road is located.
(May 23, 1941, ch. 130, 55
Stat. 191; Conveyance to State or Municipality of Approach Road to National
Cemetery. Provisions similar to those set out in former section 289 of this
title relating to conveyance to State or municipality of approach road to
national cemetery, were also repealed by Pub. L. 93–43, §7(a)(27) to (29), June
18, 1973, 67 Stat. 84. Subject matter was contained in the following prior
appropriation acts: June 24, 1940, ch. 415, 54 Stat.
506. June 28, 1939, ch. 246, 53 Stat. 857. June 11,
1938, ch. 348, 52 Stat. 668. Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43,
§7(a)(1), (13)–(18), (42), (44)–(46), June 18, 1973,
87 Stat. 82, 83, 85; See section 2404(f) of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits)