An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands for, and to develop, operate, and maintain, the Golden Spike National Historic Site
PL 89-102 (S.26), enacted 07/30/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-102-JULY 30, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
Reimbursement, gj^all bc reimbursed for the allowable transportation cost actually 
expended by him. Appropriations available for permanent change 
of station travel shall be available for the reimbursements authorized 
by this Act. 
Approved July 30, 1965. 
July 30, 1965 
[S. 26] 
Public Law 89-102 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands for, and to develop, 
operate, and maintain, the Golden Spike National Historic Site. 
Golden Spike 
National Historic 
Site, Utah. 
Establishment. 
Designation, 
administration, 
etc. 
39 Stat. 535, 
16 use 1. 
16 use 461. 
Markers, other 
improvements. 
Construction. 
Appropriation, 
limitation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemtled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall acquire on behalf of the United States by gift, 
purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such lands and interest in 
land, together with any improvements thereon, as the Secretary may 
deem necessary for the purpose of establishing a national historic site 
commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad 
across the United States on the site described on a map entitled "Pro-
posed Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah", prepared by the 
National Park Service, Southwest Region, dated February 1963. In 
exercising his authority to acquire property by exchange, the Secretary 
may accept title to any non-Federal property within the area depicted 
on such drawing, and in exchange therefor he may convey to the 
grantor of such property any federally owned property in the State of 
Utah under his jurisdiction which he classifies as suitable for exchange 
or other disposal. The properties so exchanged shall be of approxi-
mately equal value, but the Secretary may accept cash from, or pay 
cash to, the grantor in order to equalize the values of the properties 
exchanged. 
SEC. 2. (a) The property acquired under the provisions of the first 
section of this Act shall be designated as the "Golden Spike National 
Historic Site" and shall be set aside as a public national memorial. 
The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop such historic site, 
subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 
1916 (39 Stat. 525), 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 (49 Stat. 666), 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, build-
ings, 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 $1,168,000, as may be necessary for the acquisition 
of land and interests in land and for the development of the Golden 
Spike National Historic Site pursuant to this Act. 
Approved July 30, 1965.