Public Law 74–755

That a national

Ackia Battleground National Monument; establishment.

Commission; appointment, composition.

commission to be known as the “Ackia Battle Memorial Commission” and which shall be composed of five commissioners to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, one member to represent the Chickasaw Indians and one the French-speaking people of the United States, be, and is hereby, authorized and established to prepare plans and programs for the commemoration in May 1936 of the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Ackia. That said commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services.

Sec. 2.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,

Acquisition of site.

authorized in his discretion to acquire, by purchase or by condemnation and/or accept by donation in behalf of the United States, such lands, easements, and buildings not to exceed fifty acres, and when title satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall have been vested in the United States such area or areas shall be, upon proclamation of the President, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public monument for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the “Ackia Battleground National Monument”:

Proviso.

Area to include battleground.

Provided, That such area shall include the site of the Battle of Ackia.

Sec. 3.

That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of

Sum authorized.

Post, pp. 1119, 1623.

moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $15,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 4.

The administration, protection, and development of the

Supervision, etc.

aforesaid national monument shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An

Vol. 39, p. 535.

U. S. C., p. 591.

Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended.