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Public Law 85–764

To provide for the development by the Secretary of the Interior of Independence National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Approved August 27, 1958

Statutory text

AN ACT

To provide for the development by the Secretary of the Interior of Independence National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to proceed with the development of Independence National Historical Park, the establishment of which was authorized by the Act of June 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 1061). The development hereby authorized shall be in accordance with plans to be approved by the Secretary.

Sec. 2.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the development

Appropriation.

of said park pursuant to this Act the sum of $7,250,000: Provided, That all funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act shall be expended by June 30, 1963.

Sec. 3.

(a)

Subsection (d) of section 1 of the Act of June 28, 1948

62 Stat. 1061

(16 U. S. C. 407m), is hereby amended by striking out the colon and inserting in lieu thereof immediately before the proviso the following: “, and certain land and buildings adjoining ‘project E’, being known and numbered as 8, 10, and 12 North Second Street and 201, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211–213. 215, 217, 219, and 221 Market Street:”.

(b)

The first sentence of section 6 of such Act of June 28, 1948 (16

66 Stat. 575.

U. S. C. 407r), is amended by striking out “$7,700,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$7,950,000”.

Approved August 27, 1958.

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