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[78 STAT. 749]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 749]

78 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 88-543-AUG. 31, 1964

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Public Law 88-543 AN ACT To authorize establishment of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, New Hampshire, and for other purposes.

August 31, 1964 [H. R. 40 18]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Conqress assembled. That, in order to „^,^^"*'?f,"'^f"! ,,•!

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preserve in public ownership historically signiricant properties associ- site, N. H. ated with the life and cultural achievements of Augustus Saint- Establishment. Gaudens, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire, by donation from the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, a corporation, the sites and structures comprising the Saint-Gaudens Memorial situated at Cornish, New Hampshire, and by donation or purchase with donated funds not to exceed three acres of adjacent lands which the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary for the purposes of this Act, together with any works of art, furnishings, reproductions, and other properties within the structures and on the memorial grounds. SEC. 2. (a) In accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to create a National Park Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes", approved 16 USC 19-19C. July 10, 1935 (49 Stat. 477), as amended, the National Park Trust Fund Board may accept from the Saint-Gaudens Memorial the amount of $100,000 and such additional amounts as the corporation may tender from time to time from the endowment funds under its control, which funds, when accepted, shall be utilized only for the purposes of the historic site established pursuant to this Act. (b) Nothing in this Act shall limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under other provisions of law to accept donations of property in the name of the United States. P u b l i c a t i o n in Federal Register. SEC. 3. When the sites, structures, and other properties authorized for acquisition under the first section of this Act and endowment funds in the amount of $100,000 have been transferred to the United States, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site by publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register. SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall administer, protect, develop, and maintain the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site subject to the provisions of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National P a r k Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 67 Stat. 495. Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the provisions of the 16 USC 1 et seq. Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 16 USC 461467. 666). (b) I n order that the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site may achieve more effectively its purpose as a living memorial, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and other organizations and groups in the presentation of art expositions and festivals and other appropriate events that are traditional to the site. SEC. 5. The Saint-Gaudens Memorial having by its active interest preserved for posterity this important site, its structures, objects, and cultural values, the executive committee thereof shall, upon establishment of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of the Interior in matters relating to its preservation, development, and use. SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, Appropriation. but not more than $210,000 for development, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 31, 1964.