16 U.S.C. § 81b — Revision of boundaries

Page 75 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 81d subsequent proclamation or proclamations of the President upon the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior, any such enlargement only to include lands donated to the United States or purchased by the United States with- out resort to condemnation. (July 3, 1930, ch. 837, § 2, 46 Stat. 855; June 5, 1936, ch. 525, § 2, 49 Stat. 1483.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 443a of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Act June 5, 1936, changed ‘‘Colonial National Monu- ment’’ to ‘‘Colonial National Historical Park’’. Executive Documents BOUNDARIES OF PARK Boundaries were established by Presidential Proc. No. 1929, Dec. 30, 1930, 46 Stat. 3041, and Proc. No. 2055, Aug. 22, 1933, 48 Stat. 1706. § 81b. Revision of boundaries Subject to all the laws and regulations appli- cable to the Colonial National Historical Park, the boundaries of said historical park as estab- lished by section 81a of this title and as defined by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 2055, dated August 22, 1933 (48 Stat. 1706), are revised by the elimination of the parkway area de- scribed in said proclamation as running north and west of the city of Williamsburg to James- town Island, and the substitution therefor of a parkway area running southerly through or around the city of Williamsburg, thence con- tinuing south of said city to the James River and thence along said river and connecting wa- ters to Jamestown Island, the exact location of which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That said parkway area shall not exceed an average of five hundred feet in width outside the city of Williamsburg: And provided further, That condemnation proceedings shall not be had, exercised, or resorted to as to any lands in the city of Williamsburg except such lands as may be required for a right-of-way not exceeding two hundred feet in width through said city to connect with highways or parkways leading from Williamsburg to Jamestown and Yorktown. (June 28, 1938, ch. 775, § 1, 52 Stat. 1208.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of act July 3, 1930, ch. 837, 46 Stat. 855, which comprises this subchapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Act June 5, 1936, changed ‘‘Colonial National Monu- ment’’ to ‘‘Colonial National Historical Park’’. § 81c. Addition of lands The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire by purchase and/or ac- cept by donation, in behalf of the United States, such lands, easements, and buildings comprising the former Governor Berkeley’s mansion and homestead in James City County and Carter’s Grove mansion and homestead in the same coun- ty, and the Rosewell mansion and homestead in Gloucester County as are desirable for the prop- er rounding out of the boundaries and for the ad- ministrative control of the Colonial National Historical Park, and such lands as are necessary for parkways, not to exceed five hundred feet wide, to connect said mansions to the said Colo- nial National Historical Park, the title and evi- dence of title to lands acquired to be satisfac- tory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the said acquisition of lands and/or im- provements shall be made only from such funds as may be appropriated pursuant to the author- ization of section 81f of this title. (June 5, 1936, ch. 525, §§ 1, 2, 49 Stat. 1483.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of act July 3, 1930, ch. 837, 46 Stat. 855, which comprises this subchapter. Section was formerly classified to section 443a–1 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Act June 5, 1936, ch. 525, § 2, 49 Stat. 1483, provided: ‘‘That the area now within the Colonial National Monument, together with such additions as may here- after be made thereto, pursuant to section 1 hereof, shall be known as the ‘Colonial National Historical Park’, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys here- tofore or hereafter appropriated for the Colonial Na- tional Monument.’’ § 81d. Addition of lands The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire by purchase, donation, or otherwise, in behalf of the United States, such lands or interests in lands, easements, and buildings comprising the following: Glass House Point, in James City County; the area known as ‘‘The Hook’’, including the site of the action of October 3, 1781, in Gloucester County; and such additional lands as are desirable for the proper rounding out of the boundaries and for the ad- ministrative control of the Colonial National Historical Park: Provided, That the total acre- age of lands to be added to the park, with the ex- ception of parkways under the terms hereof shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty acres: Provided further, That the said acquisition of lands or improvements shall be made from such funds as may be appropriated pursuant to the authorization of section 81f of this title. (June 28, 1938, ch. 775, § 2, 52 Stat. 1209.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of act July 3, 1930, ch. 837, 46 Stat. 855, which comprises this subchapter.