Volume 78 · 957
Public Law 88–601
To authorize the addition of lauds to Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.
Approved September 18, 1964
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the addition of lauds to Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, in order to
Morristown National Historical Park, N.J.
Additional lands.
preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the public certain lands historically associated with the winter encampment of General George Washington’s Continental Army at Jockey Hollow in 1779 and 1780, and to facilitate the administration and interpretation of the Morristown National Historical Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure by purchase, donation, purchase with appropriated funds, or otherwise, not to exceed two hundred and eighty-one acres of land and interests therein which two hundred and eighty-one acres shall include Stark’s Brigade campsite and other lands necessary for the proper administration and interpretation of the Morristown National Historical Park.
Sec. 2.
Lands acquired pursuant to this Act, unless exchanged pursuant to section 1 hereof, shall constitute a part of the Morristown National Historical Park, and be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to such park.
Sec. 3.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not
Appropriation.
more than $281,000 for acquisition of lands and interests in land, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act,
Approved September 18, 1964.