Chapter 837. To provide for the creation of the Colonial National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 837.— An Act To provide for the creation of the Colonial National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes. July 3, 1930.[[H. R. 12235](/us/bill/71/hr/12235).][[Public, No. 510](/us/pl/71/510).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That upon proclamationColonial National Monument. Va.Lands set apart for. of the President, as herein provided, sufficient of the areas hereinafter specified for the purposes of this Act shall be established and set apart as the Colonial National Monument for the preservation*Post*, p. 3041. of the historical structures and remains thereon and for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he isExamination of designated areas for inclusion. hereby, authorized and directed to make an examination of Jamestown Island, parts of the city of Williamsburg, and the Yorktown battle field, all in the State of Virginia, and areas for highways to connect said island, city, and battle field with a view to determining the area or areas thereof desirable for inclusion in the said Colonial National Monument, not to exceed two thousand five hundred acres of the said battle field or five hundred feet in width as to such connecting areas, and upon completion thereof he shall make appropriateBoundaries established by proclamation.*Post*, p. 1069.*Proviso*.Area may be increased, etc. recommendations to the President, who shall establish the boundaries of said national monument 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. 856 Sec. 3.
Donations. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept donations of land, interest in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said monument 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:*Provisos*.Acquisition of land within monument.Vol. 25, p. 357.U. S. C., p. 1302. *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 the Act of August 1, 1888 (U.
S. C., title 40, secs. 257, 258; 25 Stat. 357), such tracts of land within the said monument as may be necessary for theLands exempt from condemnation proceedings. 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.
Sec. 4. Sum authorized.*Post*, p. 1490, amended. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums not exceeding $500,000 as may be necessary to carry out the provisionsPurposes. of this Act, to be available for all expenses incident to the examination and establishment of the said Colonial National Monument and the protection and maintenance of lands and of buildings as acquired and/or constructed, as well as for the acquisition of lands needed for the completion of the monument, including the securing of options and other incidental expenses.
Sec. 5. Administration, etc. That the administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national monument shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service,Vol. 39, p. 535.[U. S. C., p. 389](/us/usc/p389). subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 1–4; 39 Stat. 535), and for other purposes,” as amended. Sec. 6. Jurisdiction, etc., of Virginia in monument.
That nothing in this Act shall be held to deprive the State of Virginia, or any political subdivision thereof, of its civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over the areas included in said national monument, nor shall this Act in any way impair or affect the rights of citizenship of any resident therein; and save and except as the consent of the State of Virginia may be hereafter given, the legislative authority of said State in and over all areas included within said national monument shall not be diminished or affected by the creation of said national monument, nor by the terms and provisions*Proviso*.Rules, etc., authorized herein, not applicable to property of Williamsburg. of this Act: *Provided*, That any rules and regulations authorized in section 5, and in the Act therein referred to, shall not apply to any property of a public nature in the city of Williamsburg, other than property of the United States.
Sec. 7. Revenues from lands, etc., donated by, to accrue in part to. In the event that lands and/or buildings, structures, and so forth, within the city of Williamsburg are donated to the United States and are thereafter revenue producing, the United States shall pay in the treasury of the city of Williamsburg 25 per centum of any rentals included in said revenues, and 25 per centum of the net proceeds of any commercial enterprise there conducted by the UnitedLimit. States, such payment into the treasury of the city of Williamsburg not to exceed $20,000 in any year.
Approved, July 3, 1930.
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