Volume 62
Public Law 80–239
To establish the Fort Sumter National Monument in the State of South Carolina.
Approved April 28, 1948
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To establish the Fort Sumter National Monument in the State of South Carolina.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to transfer, without consideration, to the Secretary of the Interior title to the site of the historic structure known as Fort Sumter, situated in Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, together with such buildings and other improvements as are appurtenant to such site.
Sec. 2.
The property acquired by the Secretary of the Interior under this joint resolution shall constitute the Fort Sumter National Monument and shall be a public national memorial commemorating historical events at or near Fort Sumter. 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, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service and for other purposes”,
approved August 25, 1916, as amended.
Approved April 28, 1948.