An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act to incorporate the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution"", approved June 9, 1906 (34 Stat. 227), in order to remove the statutory limitation on the amount of property such society may receive, purchase, hold, sell, and convey at any one time
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purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all right, title, and interest in 
and to such lands, not to exceed four hundred and sixty acres in all, 
together with any improvements thereon, as the Secretary may deem 
necessary for the purpose of establishing a national historic site at the 
site of Fort Davis, near the town of Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, 
Texas. 
SEC. 2. (a) The property acquired under the provisions of the first 
section of this Act shall be designated as the Fort Davis National 
Historic Site and shall be set aside as a public national memorial to 
commemorate the historic role played by such fort in the opening of 
the West. 
The National Park Service, under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop such 
monument, 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, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for 
other purposes", approved August 21, 1935, as amended. 
(b) In order to provide for the proper development and mainte-
nance of such national historic site, the Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to construct and maintain therein such markers, 
buildings, and other improvements and such facilities for the care 
and accommodation of visitors, as he may deem necessary. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $115,060 for land acquisition, as are necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 8, 1961. 
39 Stat. 53S. 
16 u s e 1-4. 
49 Stat. 666. 
16 u s e 461-467. 
Approprilation. 
Public Law 87-214 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the National Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution", approved June 9, 1906 (34 Stat. 227), in 
order to remove the statutory limitation on the amount of property such 
society may receive, purchase, hold, sell, and convey at any one time. 
September 8, 1961 
[S. 22139] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the National Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution , approved June 9, 1906 (34 Stat. 
227), is amended by striking out the following; ", to an amount not 
exceeding at any one time in the aggregate $500,0#0". 
Approved September 8, 1961. 
36 u s e 20c. 
Public Law 87-215 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the establishment of the Fort Smith National Historic Site, in the 
State of Arkansas, and for other purposes. 
September 13, 1961 
[H.R. 32] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
Fort Smith NI 
of the Interior is authorized to designate for preservation as the Fort stte,*Ark. 
Smith National Historic Site the site of the original Fort Smith 
established in 1817 on LaBelle Point at the confluence of the Arkansas 
tional Hi a t o r i c 
B at abl 1 ahment. 
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