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§81d Addition of lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 81d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Interior Secretary may buy, accept as a gift, or otherwise get land, easements, buildings, or interests for Colonial National Historical Park. This includes Glass House Point (James City County), The Hook (including the October 3, 1781 action site) in Gloucester County, and other lands to round out park boundaries. Total added acreage, excluding parkways, cannot exceed 750 acres, and purchases must use money under section 81f.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §81d

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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 administrative control of the Colonial National Historical Park: Provided, That the total acreage of lands to be added to the park, with the exception 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.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act July 3, 1930, ch. 837, 46 Stat. 855, which comprises this subchapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 81d

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73