An Act to provide additional lands at, and change the name of, the Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pa., and for other purposes
PL 87-134 (H.R.498), enacted 08/10/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-133-AUG. 10, 1961 
[75 ST A T , 
Public Law 87-133 
August 10, 1961 
[H. R. 6519] 
Tiq>elo National 
Battlefield, Miss. 
Additional lands. 
16 U S C 429, 
429a. 
16 u s e 1-4. 
AN ACT 
To provide additional lands for the Tupelo National Battlefield site, Mississippi, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenwled, That, to' further the 
purposes of the Act of February 21,1929 (45 Stat. 1254), the Secretary 
of the Interior may acquire by donation or with donated funds not to 
exceed one-half acre of land and interests in land for addition to the 
adjoining Tupelo National Battlefield site. 
SEC. 2. The Tupelo National Battlefield site is hereby redesignated 
the Tupelo National Battlefield which shall continue to be admin-
istered pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as 
amended and supplemented, entitled "An Act to establish a National 
Park Service, and for other purposes." 
Approved August 10, 1961. 
Public Law 87-134 
August 10, 1961 
AN ACT 
[
H
U R. 498] 
To provide additional lands at, and change the name of, the Fort Necessity 
National Battlefield site, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. 
F o r t Necessity 
National 
Battle-
field, Pa. 
E x c h a n g e 
lands. 
of 
Rede signation. 
16 u s e 1-4. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in furtherance 
of the purposes of the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1522), the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, ex-
change, donation, with donated funds or otherwise by such means 
as he may deem to be in the public interest, lands and interests in 
lands adjoining or near the Fort Necessity National Battlefield site 
which in his discretion are necessary to preserve the historic battle-
ground, together with not to exceed 25 acres at the detached Braddock 
Monument: Provided, That the total area acquired pursuant to this 
Act shall not exceed 500 acres, except that in order to avoid the 
undesirable severance of parcels in private ownership such parcels 
may be purchased in the entirety. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement the 
purposes of section 1 of this Act, is authorized to exchange lands 
which may be acquired pursuant to this Act for other lands or 
interests therein of approximately equal value lying within the 
original George Washington land patent at Fort Necessity. 
SEC. 3. The Fort Necessity National Battlefield site is hereby 
redesignated as the Fort Necessity National Battlefield and any 
remaining balance of funds appropriated for the purposes of the site 
shall be available for the purposes of the Fort Necessity National 
Battlefield. 
SEC. 4. The administration, protection, and development of the 
Fort Necessity National Battlefield shall be exercised by the Secretary 
of the Interior in accordance with provisions of the Act of August 25, 
1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park 
Service, and for other purposes", as amended and supplemented. 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $115,000, as are necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved August 10, 1961.