Public Law 74–863

That the Secretary

Acquisition of site of Indian mission, etc.

of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, the site of the Indian mission established in 1836 by Marcus Whitman on the Walla Walla River in what is now Walla Walla County, Washington, together with such additional land, including a right-of-way to the nearest highway, as the Secretary may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 2.

The property acquired under the provisions of section 1 of this Act shall constitute the Whitman National Monument and shall be a public national memorial to Marcus Whitman and his wife, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, who here established their Indian mission and school, and ministered to the physical and spiritual needs of the Indians until massacred with twelve others ¹¹So in original. persons in 1847.

Administration, etc.

Vol. 39, p. 535.

The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of such national monument, and shall maintain and preserve it for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States.

Sec. 3.

Any State, or political subdivision thereof, organization,

Erection of monuments or placing of tablets.

or individual may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, erect monuments or place tablets within the boundaries of the Whitman National Monument.

Sec. 4.

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may

Appropriation authorized.

be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.