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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 212. Endowment fund; protection and preservation
The United States of America also accepts title to the endowment
fund of $50,000 mentioned in the assignment and transfer, in the
possession of the Secretary of War, on July 17, 1916, which
assignment and transfer was executed on the 11th day of April,
1916, by the Lincoln Farm Association, a corporation, to the United
States of America, transferring and turning over all its right,
title, and interest in and to said endowment fund, heretofore
invested in certain stocks, bonds, and securities held and owned by
the Lincoln Farm Association, and more particularly identified and
described in said assignment and transfer. The title to said
endowment fund is accepted upon the terms and conditions stated in
said assignment and transfer, namely, that the United States of
America shall forever keep the said tract of land described in said
deed, together with the buildings and appurtenances thereunto
belonging, dedicated to the purpose of a national park or
reservation, and that there shall never be any charge or fee made
to or asked from the public for admission to the said park or
reservation; and further, shall forever protect, preserve, and
maintain said land, buildings, and appurtenances, and especially
the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born and the memorial
hall inclosing the same, from spoliation, destruction, and further
disintegration, to the end that they may be preserved for all time,
as far as may be, as a national park or reservation.
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