Chap. 149.—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 mean:
for the transfer of title, certain lands for public parks or for public parl
purposes. [S B 159

| Approved March 18, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the lands
situated in the State of Virginia, described in section two (2) hereof.
are hereby specifically designated and set apart as lands suitable fos
use as a public park and for public park purposes, and the State com-
mission on conservation and development is hereby expressly author-
ized 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 is located the Cape
Henry desert, together with all waters included therein or appurtenant
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 con-
sisting 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 and two hundred and fifty-five
thousandths feet above mean low water) and running thence in a
straight line to the most southerly corner of intersection of Atlantic
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 Octo-
ber, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, recorded with the land re-
cords 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 bounded
on the west by a straight line running from the easterly end of Lesner
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 expresslv except-
ing 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,
outbuildings, 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 gift,
devise, purchase, or any other lawful means for the transfer of title;
provided, nevertheless, that in acquiring title to any of the said pro-
perty by condemnation proceedings or otherwise, the commission shall
have no authority to pledge the credit of the State or to incur any in-
debtedness on behalf of itself or of the State.

Title to all lands and interests in lands within the areas described
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.