§ 81a. — Location and boundaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC81a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER IX--COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 81a. Location and boundaries
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.
(July 3, 1930, ch. 837, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 855; June 5, 1936, ch. 525,
Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1483.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 443a of this title.
Change of Name
Act June 5, 1936, changed ``Colonial National Monument'' to
``Colonial National Historical Park''.
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.
