An Act to provide for the establishment of the Horse Shoe Bend National Military Park, in the State of Alabama.
PL 84-800 (H.R.11766), enacted 07/25/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 8 0 0 - J U L Y 25, 1956 
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veterinary medicine for five years last past subsequent to the issue 
of such diplomas", and inserting in lieu thereof "a veterinary college 
having a curriculum equivalent to that required by the American 
Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education for approved 
schools and authorized by law to confer said diploma, which college 
shall require at least four sessions of study of veterinary medicine 
of not less than nine months each prior to the issue of such diploma", 
and (b) by striking from the fifth sentence the words "in January, 
April, July, and October of each year", and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "at least once a year". 
Approved July 25, 1956, 
Public Law 800 
CHAPTER 729 
AN ACT 
July 25, 1956 
To provide for the establishment of the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 
[H. R. 11766] 
in the State of Alabama. 
Horseshoe Bend 
National Military 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Anierica in Congress assembled^ That when not less 
than five hundred acres of the non-Federal lands hereinafter described ParCATa.' 
(together with improvements thereon) and known as the Horseshoe 
Bend Battle Ground on the Tallapoosa Kiver, in the State of Alabama, 
shall have been acquired and transferred free and clear of all encum-
brances to the United States without expense to the Federal Govern-
ment, such areas shall be, and are hereby, dedicated and set apart as 
a unit of the National Park System for the benefit and enjoyment of 
the people of the United States, under the name of the Horseshoe Bend 
National Military Park. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and di- 
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rected to make an examination of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground 
with a view to determining the area or areas thereof deemed desirable 
for inclusion in the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park and 
which, except for not more than twenty acres of any other lands adja-
cent to such battleground found by the Secretary to be necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this Act, lie within the lands particularly 
described as follows: Sections 13, 14, 15, 22, and 23, all township 23 
north, range 23 east, Saint Stephens meridian. 
SEC. 3. (a) The National Park Service, under the direction of the 
Administration. 
Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop the 
park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to estab-
lish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended. 
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(b) In order to provide for the proper development and maintenance 
Roads, traUs, 
of the park, the Secretary of the Interior shall construct and maintain *
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therein such roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other improvements, 
and such facilities for the care and accommodation of visitors, as he 
may deem necessary. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective if and when the requirements 
Effectivity. 
of sections 1 and 2 hereof shall have been fully complied with to the 
satisfaction of the President of the United States, who shall then issue 
a notice declaring that the requirements herein have been met, and 
said notice shall formally dedicate and set aside the areas transferred 
to the United States in accordance with the provisions of section 1 
hereof. 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
i^propriauon. 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 25, 1956.