2020 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter IX - Colonial National Historical Park
Sec. 81a - Location and boundaries
| 16 U.S.C. § 81a (2020) |
| §81a. Location and boundaries |
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make an examination of Jamestown Island, parts of the city of Williamsburg, and the Yorktown battlefield, all in the State of Virginia, and areas for highways to connect said island, city, and battlefield with a view to determining the area or areas thereof desirable for inclusion in the said Colonial National Historical Park, not to exceed two thousand five hundred acres of the said battlefield or five hundred feet in width as to such connecting areas, and upon completion thereof he shall make appropriate recommendations to the President, who shall establish the boundaries of said national park by proclamation: Provided, That the boundaries so established may be enlarged or diminished by 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 without resort to condemnation. |
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(July 3, 1930, ch. 837, §2, 46 Stat. 855; June 5, 1936, ch. 525, §2, 49 Stat. 1483.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 443a of this title. CHANGE OF NAMEAct June 5, 1936, changed "Colonial National Monument" to "Colonial National Historical Park". BOUNDARIES OF PARKBoundaries were established by Presidential Proc. No. 1929, Dec. 30, 1930, 46 Stat. 3041, and Proc. No. 2055, Aug. 22, 1933, 48 Stat. 1706. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER IX - COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Sec. 81a - Location and boundaries |
| section 81a |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
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| 46 Stat. 855, 3041 48 Stat. 1706 49 Stat. 1483 |
