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[78 STAT. 957]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 957]

78 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 88-602-SEPT. 18, 1964

957

Public Law 88-601 AN ACT

September 18, 1964

To authorize the addition of lands to Morristown National Historical Park. ^^' ^' ^^^^^ in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the public certain lands historically associated with the winter encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army at Jockey Hollow in 1779 and 1780, and to facilitate the administration and interpretation of the Morristown National Historical Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure by purchase, donation, purchase with appropriated funds, or otherwise, not to exceed two hundred and eighty-one acres of land and interests therein which two hundred and eighty-one acres shall include Stark's Brigade campsite and other lands necessary for the proper administration and interpretation of the Morristown National Historical Park. SEC. 2. Lands acquired pursuant to this Act, unless exchanged pursuant to section 1 hereof, shall constitute a part of the Morristown National Historical Park, and be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to such park. SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $281,000 for acquisition of lands and interests in land, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved September 18, 1964.

Morristown National H i s to r i c a l Park, N.J. Additional lands.

Appropriation.

Public Law 88-602 AN ACT

September 18, 1964

Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to The Breaks Interstate Park compact between the Commonwealths of Virginia and Kentucky.

[H. R. III62]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to an amendment to The Breaks Interstate P a r k compact between the Commonwealths of Virginia and Kentucky, originally consented to by the Act of July 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 571; Public Law 543, Eighty-third Congress), as that amendment was approved (1) by the Commonwealth of Virginia by chapter 292, Acts of Assembly, 1964, approved March 31, 1964, and (2) by the Commonwealth of Kentuckjr by an act of the general assembly approved March 19, 1964 (house bill numbered 413, regular session, 1964, General Assembly, Commonwealth of Kentucky), by which amendment the last sentence of article III of said compact is made to read: "Each Commonwealth agrees that it will authorize the Commission to exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire property located within each Commonwealth required by the Commission to effectuate the purposes of this compact." SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved September 18, 1964.

Breaks Inters t a t e Park comp a c t, VirginiaKentucky, amendment.