An Act to provide for the establishment of Fort Larned as a national historic site, and for other purposes
PL 88-541 (H.R.3071), enacted 08/31/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-541-AUG. 31, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
terms and conditions of any such transaction, including the price at 
which any land is so purchased or sold and the valuation of any lands 
so exchanged, shall be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary, the 
Yakima tribal council, and the individual Indian or Indians con-
cerned. Any such exchange of lands shall be effected on the basis of 
approximately equal consideration with due allowance for the value 
of improvements in determining the value of such lands." 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of subsection 2(a) of such Act is repealed. 
SEC. 3. Subsection 3(b) of such Act is repealed. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
August 31, 1964 
[H. R. 3071] 
Public Law 88-541 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of Fort Lamed as a national historic site, 
and for other purposes. 
Fort Lamed Na-
tional Historic 
Site. 
Establishment. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to 
commemorate the significant role played by Fort Larned in the 
opening of the West, the Secretary of Interior may acquire on behalf 
of the United States by gift, purchase, or other means not more than 
seven hundred and fifty acres of land, or interests in land, which 
comprise the site and remaining historic structures of Fort Larned, 
located in Pawnee County, Kansas, or which he deems necessary to 
accomplish the purposes of this Act, including nearby remains of 
the Santa Fe Trail. 
The land acquired by the Secretary shall be 
known as the Fort Larned National Historic Site, and shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled 
"An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", 
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as 
amended and supplemented: Provided^ That establishment of such 
national historic site shall not become effective until the historic re-
mains of old Fort Larned and adjoining historically significant lands 
have been acquired. 
SEC. 2. Notice of the boundaries of the site shall be published in 
the Federal Register. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $1,273,000 for acquisition and development costs, 
as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
August 31, 1964 
[H. R. 8344] 
Public Law 88-542 
AN A C T 
To amend the Railway Labor Act to provide that the terms of office of members 
of the National Mediation Board shall expire on July 1. 
National Medi-
ation Board. 
Terms of office. 
44 Stat. 579. 
45 u s e 154. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the third sen-
tence of the initial paragraph of section 4 of the Railway Labor Act is 
amended to read as follows: "Each member of the Mediation Board in 
office on January 1,1965, shall be deemed to have been appointed for a 
term of office which shall expire on July 1 of the year his term would 
have otherwise expired." 
Such paragraph is further amended by in-
serting at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Upon the ex-
piration of his term of office a member shall continue to serve until his 
successor is appointed and shall have qualified." 
Approved August 31, 1964.