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856 Donations . Provisos . Acq uisitio n of land within monument . Vol. 25, p. 357. U.S. C.,p.1302. Lands exempt from condemnation proceed- in gs . Sum authorized . Post, p. 1490, amend- ed. Purposes. Administration, etc. Vol. 39, p. 535. U. S. C.,p.389. Surisdiction, etc., of Virginia in monument. Proviso . Rules, etc., author- ized herein, not appli- cable to property of Williamsburg . Revenues from lands, etc., donated by, to ac- crue in part to . Limit. s SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SESS. II . CH. 837. 1930 . SEC. 3 . 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 monu- ment as d eter mine d and fix ed h ereun der and dona tions of fund s for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the evidence of title to such lands to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior P rovided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States by p urch ase when purc hasa ble at pr ices dee med by him re asona ble, o ther wise by c onde mnat ion u nder the pro visio ns of the Act of August 1, 1888 (U. S. C., title 40, sees. 257, 258 ; 25 Stat. 357), such tracts of land within the said monument as may be necessary for the completion thereof : Provided further, That condemnation proceed- ings herein provided for shall not be had, exercised, or resorted to as to lands bel ong ing to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, a corporation chartered un der the la ws 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 ci ty of Williamsburg to connect with highways or parkways leading f rom W illi amsb urg to Ja mest own and to Yorktown . SEC. 4. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any mon ey in the Tre asur y not oth erwi se a pprop riat ed, such sums not exceeding $500,000 as may be necessary to carry out the pro- visions of this Act, to be available for all expenses incident to the examination and establishment of the said Colonial National Monu- ment 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. That the administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national monument shall be exercised under the direc- tion of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, 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, sets. 1-4 ; 39 Stat. 535), and for other purposes,' as amended . SEC. 6. 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 legis- lative authority of said State in and over all areas included within said national monument shall not be diminished or affected by the cr eatio n of said nat ional mon ument , no r by the terms and prov isio ns of this Act : Provided, That any rul es 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. 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 ientals included in said revenues, and 25 per centum of the net pro- cee ds of any commerci al enter prise the re conduc ted by th e United States, such payment into the treasury of the city of Williamsburg not to exceed $20,000 in any year . Approved, July 3, 1930 .