Chap. 121.—An ACT authorizing the State commission on conservation and de-
velopment to acquire by the exercise of the right of eminent domain in con-
demnation proceedings or by gift, devise, purchase or any other lawful means
for the transfer of title, the lands described therein for public parks or for
public park purposes. [H B 99]

Approved March 8, 1932

Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia as follows:

1. The lands situated in the State of Virginia, described in section
two (2) hereof, are hereby specifically designated and set apart as
lands suitable for use as a public park and for public park purposes,
and the State commission on conservation and development is hereby
expressly authorized and empowered to acquire title to said lands or
any part thereof for such use.

2. The lands in the State of Virginia herein specifically designated
and set apart as lands suitable for use as a public park and for public
park purposes are as follows:

(a) That tract or body of land in the tidewater section of Vir-
ginia, in Princess Anne county, within which 1s located the Cape
Henry desert, together with all waters included therein or appurte-
nant thereto, approximately eight thousand (8,000) acres in extent,
which is bounded on the east, north and northwest by the Atlantic
ocean, Chesapeake bay and Lynnhaven inlet up to the easterly end
of Lesner bridge over that inlet; and bounded on the south and
southwest by a line beginning at a bench mark (established by the
corps of engineers, United States army, near the western end of Lesner
bridge and consisting of two half-inch spikes drilled in the east end
of a concrete slab lying in the middle of the road about twenty feet
south of the site of an old hotel at an elevation of six thousand two
hundred and fifty-five feet above mean low water) and running thence
in a straight line to the most southerly corner of intersection of At-
lantic avenue with Avenue A in the town of Virginia Beach (as shown
on the Norfolk and vicinity planning commission’s map, revised sheet
number two, March, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, revised Oc-
tober, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, recorded with the land rec-
ords of the city of Norfolk) and running thence with the south side
of Avenue A as shown on said map to the Atlantic ocean; and bound-
ed on the west by a straight line running from the easterly end of Les-
ner bridge due south to the point of intersection with the straight
line above described as running from an army bench mark to Avenue
A in the town of Virginia Beach; but not including and expressly
excepting therefrom all those tracts or parcels of land, avenues, streets
and rights of way lying north of the south side of Avenue A in the
town of Virginia Beach, and south of the north side of one hundred
and twenty-third street and bounded on the east by the Atlantic ocean
and on the west by the westerly boundary lines of Holly avenue and
Holly boulevard, and a straight line drawn from the most westerly
corner of intersection of Holly Boulevard and fifty-first street to the
most southerly corner of intersection of Atlantic avenue with Avenue
A, all as shown on the above described map.

3. Subject to the provisions of this act, the State commission on
conservation and development is hereby expressly vested with the
power of eminent domain to condemn for use as a public park or for
public park purposes and to acquire title to all or any part of the
lands described in section two (2) hereof, including dwelling houses,
out-buildings, orchards, yards, gardens, and other improvements on
such lands, and, all or any right, title or interest in or to all or any
part of such lands, and the improvements thereon, by the exercise of
the right of eminent domain in condemnation proceedings or by gifts,
devise, purchase, or any other lawful means for the transfer of title;
provided, nevertheless, that in acquiring title to any of the said prop-
erty by condemnation proceedings or otherwise, the commission shall
have no authority to pledge the credit of the State or to incur any
indebtedness on behalf of itself or of the State.

Title to all lands and interests in the lands within the areas de-
scribed in section two (2) of this act, which may be acquired by the
State commission on conservation and development under authority of
the provisions of this act shall be held by the commission in trust for
the State of Virginia.