16 U.S.C. § 715f
Consent of State to conveyance in fee
No deed or instrument of conveyance in fee shall be accepted by the Secretary of the Interior under this subchapter unless the State in which the area lies shall have consented by law to the acquisition by the United States of lands in that State.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases, 1943–1996 · leading case: North Dakota v. United States
North Dakota v. United States (1983)
“§§ 715a and 715d, and the State in which the land is located must "have consented by law to the acquisition," § 7, 16 U. S. C. § 715f. In 1934, in order to provide funding for land acquisitions under the Conservation Act, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (Stamp Act), 48 Stat.”
United States v. Carmack (1947)
“1222 , 1223; 16 U.S.C. § 715f, the consent of the state legislature to the federal acquisition of land is made an express condition of the acceptance of such land.”
The Swan Lake Hunting Club and the State of Mississippi v. United States (1967)
“” Almost identical language presently is found in 16 U.S.C.A. § 715f. In 1934 the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act was passed for the express purpose of “providing funds for the acquisition of areas for use as migratory bird sanctuaries, refuges and breeding grounds.”
United States v. Kent Melvin Vesterso, Warren August Anderson, Davis Leas (1987)
“2d 633 (1982) (finding that invocation of state consent provision in 16 U.S.C. § 715f was barred by the statute of limitations in 28 U.”
United States v. State of North Dakota (1981)
“16 U.S.C. §§ 715f and 715k-5. If the language in the Stamp Act exempting waterfowl production areas from the limitations and requirements of the Conservation Act is to have any meaning, it must be read as permitting the acquisition of those areas without the consent requirements.”
United States v. Kerry Johansen, Michael Johansen (1996)
“16 U.S.C. § 715f. 2 The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act was passed in 1934 to fund the acquisition of bird sanctuaries.”
United States v. 1,216.83 Acres of Land (1978)
“See 16 U.S.C. § 715f. Such general consent is present.”
Nevada v. United States (1984)
“The district court unnecessarily commented on the merits of a dispute between the parties over the meaning of the consent provision in the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 715f (1976). However, the district court clearly prefaced its comments, saying: “The merits are…”
United States v. State of Montana (1943)
“, the only methods by which the United States can acquire lands for such purpose is by purchase, rental or exchange; that by 16 U.S.C.A. § 715f lands may be purchased only with the consent of the State in which the lands lie; and that Montana has not consented here.”
United States v. 1,216.83 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Klickitat County, State of Washington and Russell R. Kreps (1978)
“See 16 U.S.C. § 715f. Such general consent is present.”
State of Nevada v. United States (1982)
“- When the purchase by the United States of some 28,-000 acres or more of privately owned lands was consummated in the middle 1930’s for inclusion in the Ruby Lake Wildlife Refuge and the Secretary of Agriculture accepted delivery of the conveyances, the Migratory Bird…”
United States v. Hunting Rights of the Swan Lake Hunting Club (1964)
“It further provided that no such acquisition could be made “unless the State in which the area lies shall have consented by law” thereto (16 U.S.C. § 715f). The naked language of this statute allows plaintiff to “purchase or rent such areas as have been approved for purchase or…”
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