§ 81e. — Acquisition of property; condemnation proceedings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC81e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER IX--COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 81e. Acquisition of property; condemnation proceedings
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of
land, interest in land, buildings, structures, and other property within
the boundaries of said park as determined and fixed hereunder and
donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the
evidence of title to such lands to be satisfactory to the Secretary of
the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United
States by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable,
otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of section 3113 of title
40, such tracts of land within the said park as may be necessary for the
completion thereof: Provided further, That condemnation proceedings
herein provided for shall not be had, exercised, or resorted to as to
lands belonging to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities, a corporation chartered under the laws of Virginia, or to
the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, or to any other lands in said city
except such lands as may be required for a right-of-way not exceeding
two hundred feet in width through the city of Williamsburg to connect
with highways or parkways leading from Williamsburg to Jamestown and to
Yorktown.
(July 3, 1930, ch. 837, Sec. 3, 46 Stat. 856; June 5, 1936, ch. 525,
Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1483.)
Codification
``Section 3113 of title 40'' substituted in text for ``the Act of
August 1, 1888 (U.S.C., title 40, secs. 257, 258; 25 Stat. 357)'' on
authority of Pub. L. 107-217, Sec. 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303,
the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property,
and Works.
Section was formerly classified to section 443b of this title.
Change of Name
Act June 5, 1936, changed ``Colonial National Monument'' to
``Colonial National Historical Park.''
