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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§81b Revision of Boundaries

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Revises the Colonial National Historical Park boundary set by section 81a and Presidential Proclamation Numbered 2055, dated August 22, 1933 (48 Stat. 1706). It removes the parkway north and west of Williamsburg and replaces it with one that runs south through or around Williamsburg to the James River and on to Jamestown. The Secretary of the Interior will pick the exact route. Outside Williamsburg the new parkway may average no more than 500 feet wide. The government may not take land inside Williamsburg, except for a right-of-way through the city up to 200 feet wide to connect roads to Jamestown and Yorktown.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §81b

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Subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the Colonial National Historical Park, the boundaries of said historical park as established by section 81a of this title and as defined by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 2055, dated August 22, 1933 (48 Stat. 1706), are revised by the elimination of the parkway area described in said proclamation as running north and west of the city of Williamsburg to Jamestown Island, and the substitution therefor of a parkway area running southerly through or around the city of Williamsburg, thence continuing south of said city to the James River and thence along said river and connecting waters to Jamestown Island, the exact location of which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That said parkway area shall not exceed an average of five hundred feet in width outside the city of Williamsburg: And provided further, That condemnation proceedings shall not be had, exercised, or resorted to as to any lands in the city of Williamsburg except such lands as may be required for a right-of-way not exceeding two hundred feet in width through said city to connect with highways or parkways leading from Williamsburg to Jamestown and Yorktown.

Legislative History

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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act June 5, 1936, changed “Colonial National Monument” to “Colonial National Historical Park”.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 81b

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102