Chap. 670.—An ACT to amend the charter of the Fredericksburg and adjacent
national battle-field memorial park association of Virginia in relation to condem-
nation of land and transfer of same to United States.

Approved March 2, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the incor-
porated company known as the Fredericksburg and adjacent national
battle-fields’ memorial park association of Virginia may acquire, by con-
demnation, such lands as, in the judgment of said corporation, may be
necessary for the purposes of said corporation, if said corporation shall
fail to agree with the owner or owners thereof as to the proper compen-
sation therefor; and said corporation may obtain, by said condemnation,
either the fee-simple title to said lands, or an easement thereon, as it
may elect: provided that said corporation shall not acquire, by condem-
nation, more than one hundred acreg in Stafford county, twenty-five
acres in the corporation of Fredericksburg, and seven thousand acres in
the counties of Spotsylvania and Orange.

2. Should condemnation proceedings become necessary to acquire
such lands, the same shall conform to the provisions of chapter forty-six
of the code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, so
far as they are applicable.

3. The said incorporated company may, in its discretion, transfer
any property, real and personal, acquired by it, to the United States of
America, in the event that the United States shall, by act of congress,
provide for the establishment of a national park or parks, to mark and
preserve the battle-fields set forth in the charter of said company, or any
of them.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.