An Act to authorize establishment of the Saint Gaudens National Historic Site, N.H., and for other purposes
PL 88-543 (H.R.4018), enacted 08/31/1964

78 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-543-AUG. 31, 1964 
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Public Law 88-543 
AN ACT 
To authorize establishment of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, New 
Hampshire, and for other purposes. 
August 31, 1964 
[H. R. 40 18] 
16 u s e 19-19C. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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preserve in public ownership historically signiricant properties associ- site, N. H. 
ated with the life and cultural achievements of Augustus Saint- 
Establishment. 
Gaudens, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire, by donation from 
the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, a corporation, the sites and structures 
comprising the Saint-Gaudens Memorial situated at Cornish, New 
Hampshire, and by donation or purchase with donated funds not to 
exceed three acres of adjacent lands which the Secretary of the 
Interior deems necessary for the purposes of this Act, together with 
any works of art, furnishings, reproductions, and other properties 
within the structures and on the memorial grounds. 
SEC. 2. (a) In accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to create a 
National Park Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes", approved 
July 10, 1935 (49 Stat. 477), as amended, the National Park Trust 
Fund Board may accept from the Saint-Gaudens Memorial the 
amount of $100,000 and such additional amounts as the corporation 
may tender from time to time from the endowment funds under its 
control, which funds, when accepted, shall be utilized only for the 
purposes of the historic site established pursuant to this Act. 
(b) Nothing in this Act shall limit the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior under other provisions of law to accept donations of 
property in the name of the United States. 
SEC. 3. When the sites, structures, and other properties authorized 
for acquisition under the first section of this Act and endowment 
funds in the amount of $100,000 have been transferred to the United 
States, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish the Saint-Gaudens 
National Historic Site by publication of notice thereof in the Federal 
Register. 
SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall administer, protect, 
develop, and maintain the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site 
subject to the provisions of this Act and in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park 
Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 
Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the provisions of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic 
American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national sig-
nificance, and for other purposes", approved August 21,1935 (49 Stat. 
666). 
(b) In order that the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site may 
achieve more effectively its purpose as a living memorial, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the Saint-Gaudens 
Memorial, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and other 
organizations and groups in the presentation of art expositions and 
festivals and other appropriate events that are traditional to the site. 
SEC. 5. The Saint-Gaudens Memorial having by its active interest 
preserved for posterity this important site, its structures, objects, and 
cultural values, the executive committee thereof shall, upon establish-
ment of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, serve in an advisory 
capacity to the Secretary of the Interior in matters relating to its 
preservation, development, and use. 
SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
Appropriation. 
but not more than $210,000 for development, as may be necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
67 Stat. 495. 
16 u s e 1 et seq. 
16 u s e 461-
467.