Volume 52 · 609
Public Law 75–316
To provide for the creation of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
Approved June 1, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the creation of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That when title to all the lands, structures, and other property in the area at Saratoga, New York, whereon was fought the Battle of Saratoga during the War of the Revolution, shall have been vested in the United States, such area shall be, and it is hereby, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Saratoga National Historical Park:
Proviso.
Inclusion of battlefield, etc.
Provided, That such area shall include that part of the Saratoga Battlefield now belonging to the State of New York and any additional lands in the immediate vicinity thereof which the Secretaryof the Interior may, within six months after the approval of this Act, designate as necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act.
Sec. 2.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,
Acceptance of donations, etc.
authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said historical park as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the
Proviso.
Purchase of lands from donated funds.
United States, out of any donated funds, by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts
of land within the said historical park as may be necessary for the completion thereof.
Sec. 3.
That the administration, protection, and development
Supervision by National Park Service.
of the aforesaid national historical park 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 Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended.
Approved, June 1, 1938.