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title: "16 U.S.C. § 213"
description: "Execution of instruments necessary to carry out purposes of gift"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 213 - Execution of instruments necessary to carry out purposes of gift
## Text
The President of the United States of America and the Secretary of War are authorized to execute, in the name of the United States of America, such instrument or instruments as may be or may become necessary to comply with or carry out the terms and conditions of such gift or gifts and to secure the full benefit therefrom.
(July 17, 1916, ch. 247, § 3, 39 Stat. 386; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.