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§ 101. United States may acquire land; approval; resumption of control; concurrent jurisdiction

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part I. Forests (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 3. National Forest Reserves (Refs & Annos)
32 P.S. § 101
§ 101. United States may acquire land; approval; resumption of control; concurrent jurisdiction
The United States of America is hereby empowered to acquire, by purchase or by making adequate compensation under condemnation proceedings, such lands in Pennsylvania as, in the opinion of the Federal Government, may be needed for the establishment of National Forest Reserves in this State, in accordance with an act of Congress, entitled “An act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers,” approved the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eleven:1 Provided, That the approval of the State Forestry Reservation Commission2 and the Water Supply Commission3 shall be first had and obtained: Provided further, That the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against any persons charged with the commission of any crime, without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this act had not been passed.

Credits

1911, May 11, P.L. 271, § 1. Amended 1921, April 21, P.L. 257, § 1.

Footnotes

See 16 U.S.C.A. §§ 480, 500, 513 and 514 (repealed), 515 to 519, 521, 552 and 563.
The powers and duties conferred upon the State Forestry Reservation Commission by this statute have been transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See 71 P.S. § 1340.302.
The Water Supply Commission, which was redesignated as the Water and Power Resources Board (see 71 P.S. § 12), was abolished and its powers and duties were transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources. See 71 P.S. §§ 510-1 and 510-103.
32 P.S. § 101, PA ST 32 P.S. § 101
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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