Joint resolution Providing for the establishing of the former dwelling house of Alexander Hamilton as a national memorial
PL 87-438 (H.J.Res.449), enacted 04/27/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-438-APR. 27, 1962 
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the Commission may communicate to that end with the governments 
of such nations through the Department of State. 
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service laws or the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, such 
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States Code, or section 190 of the Kevised Statutes of the United States 
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money, property, or personal services; to cooperate with patriotic 
and historical societies and with institutions of learning; and to call 
upon other Federal departments or agencies for their advice and assist- 
Assistance, ete.^ 
ance in carrying out the purposes of this joint resolution. The Com- cier.****'^ a gen-
mission, to such extent as it finds to be necessary, may, without regard 
to the laws and procedures applicable to Federal agencies, procure 
supplies, services, and property and make contracts, and may exercise 
those powers that are necessary to enable it to carry out efficiently and 
in the public interest the purposes of this joint resolution. 
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Commission. A report of the activities of the Commission, including 
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the Commission to the Congress within three months following the 
celebration as prescribed by this joint resolution. 
(c) Any property acquired by the Commission remaining upon ter- surplus property 
mination of the celebration may be used by the Secretary of the ^sitfo^n.""**' ^^^ 
Interior for purposes of the national park system or may be disposed 
of as surplus property. The net revenues, after payment of Commis-
sion expenses, derived from Commission activities, shall be deposited 
in the Treasury of the United States. 
SEC. 5. The Commission shall expire upon the completion of its Expiration date, 
duties, but in no event later than April 1,1964. 
Approved April 27, 1962. 
Public Law 87-438 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
April 27, 1962 
Providing for the establishing of the former dwelling house of Alexander 
[H. j . Res. 449] 
Hamilton as a national memorial. 
Alexander Ham-
Besolved by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized and directed to take such action as may be mo°rrai*!^"°"° ™
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necessary to provide for the establishment of the former dwelling 
Establishment. 
house of Alexander Hamilton (commonly known as The Grange), 
situated in New York, New York, as a national memorial. However, 
the Secretary shall not establish the national memorial until he has 
satisfied himself that the lands which have been donated are sufficient 
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Designation as 
Hamilton G r a n g e 
National Memorial. 
39 Stat. 535. 
16 u s e 1-4. 
49 Stat. 666. 
16 u s e 461-467. 
Appropriation. 
to assure the relocation of The Grange and administration and in-
terpretation of the national memorial. 
SEC. 2. (a) The national memorial established by the Secretary of 
the Interior pursuant to this joint resolution shall be designated as 
the Hamilton Grange National Memorial and shall be set aside as a 
public national memorial to commemorate the historic role played by 
Alexander Hamilton in the establishment of this Nation. 
(b) The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary 
of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop such memorial, 
subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 
1916, as amended and supplemented, and the Act entitled "An Act to 
provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, ob-
jects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes", 
approved August 21, 1935, as amended. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums, but not more than $460,000, as may be necessary to carry out 
the provisions of section 1 of this joint resolution. 
Approved April 27, 1962. 
April 27, 1962 
[S. 1371] 
Public Law 87-439 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection (e) of section 307 of tlie Communications Act of 1984, 
as amended, to permit the Commission to renew a station license in the safety 
and special radio services more than thirty days prior to expiration of the 
original license. 
Communications 
A c t 
of 
1 9 3 4, 
amendment. 
Licenses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) 
of section 307 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (48 
Stat. 1064; 47 U.S.C. 307(e)), is amended by striking out all after 
"(e)" and adding in lieu thereof the following: 
"No renewal of an existing station license in the broadcast or the 
common carrier services shall be granted more than thirty days prior 
to the expiration of the original license." 
Approved April 27, 1962. 
April 27, 1962 
[S.2522] 
Public Law 87-440 
AN ACT 
To defer the collection of irrigation maintenance and operation charges for 
calendar year 1962 on lands within the Angostura unit, Missouri River Basin 
project. 
Missouri R i v e r 
Basin, 
Angostura 
unit. 
D e f e rm en t of 
charges. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to defer, without interest, 
the collection of irrigation maintenance and operation charges due in 
the calendar year 1962 as shown in the March 14, 1961, notice of 1962 
water charges to the Angostura Irrigation District: Provided, That 
the Secretary and the district enter into a contract prior to Majr 1, 
1962, for the payment by the district of such deferred charges during 
the forty-year period commencing January 1,1966. 
Approved April 27, 1962.