Public Law 91–288

, That, the properties administered by the Secretary of the Interior in the District of Columbia known, as the House Where Lincoln Died, the Lincoln Museum, Ford’s Theatre, and the property authorized to be acquired in section 2 of this Act are hereby established as the Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, which shall be administered in accordance with the Act

16 USC 1 et seq.

of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), as amended and

16 USC 461–467.

supplemented.

Sec. 2.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation or by purchase with donated or appropriated funds the property and the improvements thereon located at 517 Tenth Street, North-west, in the District of Columbia, adjacent to the historic Ford’s Theatre and consisting of approximately eight hundred and twelve square feet of land.

Sec. 3.

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, of which not more than $94,000 shall be used for the acquisition of the property referred to in section 2 of this Act, and not more than $176,000 shall be used for the development of said property.