16 USC § 81d - Addition of lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s81d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 81d - Addition of lands"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "81d"
section_name: "Addition of lands"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 28, 1938, ch. 775, § 2, 52 Stat. 1209.)"
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# § 81d. Addition of lands

October 3, 1781*Provided**Provided further*section 81f of this title

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 , 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: , 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: , That the said acquisition of lands or improvements shall be made from such funds as may be appropriated pursuant to the authorization of .

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**Source Credit**: (June 28, 1938, ch. 775, § 2, 52 Stat. 1209.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of , , which comprises this subchapter.