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PUBLIC LAW 88-546-AUG. 31, 1964

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mination that the claim is valid, the Secretary or his delegate shall certif;^ the claim to the Secretary of the Treasury who is authorized and directed to pay the claim out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Acceptance of the money shall constitute a full and complete satisfaction of the claim or holding for which the money is paiu: Provided, That no agent or attorney acting on behalf of another to procure a payment under this Act shall demand, accept, or receive more than 10 per centum of the payment made, and any agreement to the contrary shall be null and void. Approved August 31, 1964.

Public Law 88-546 August 31, 1964 [H. R. 931]

Allegheny Poi^ tage Railroad National Historic Site; J o h n s to w n Flood National Memorial. Establishment.

P u b l i c a t i o n in Federal Register.

16 USC 1 et seq.

16 USC 461-467. Appropriation.

AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish, as herein provided, the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania. For this purpose the Secretary may designate up to nine hundred and fifty acres of land that may, in his discretion, include portions of the Pennsylvania Canal, the Lemon House, the summit of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, the Skew Arch Bridge, incline planes numbered 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and the levels between them, the Portage Railroad tunnel, and such other land and historic features as may be necessary to illustrate the significant role of the Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Pennsylvania Canal in the Nation's history; and he may designate up to fifty-five acres in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for use in commemorating the tragic Johnstown flood of May 31, 1889. SEC, 2. Within the areas designated pursuant to section 1, the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands by purchase, donation, purchase with donated funds, or otherwise. SEC. 3. When the Secretary of the Interior has acquired sufficient lands to form administrable park units, he shall publish notice of that fact in the Federal Register and the areas designated pursuant to section 1 shall thereafter be known as the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish the National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented. SEC. 4. To provide for the preservation and interpretation of the remaining portions of the Allegheny Portage Railroad route not included within the national historic site, and to further commemorate the Johnstown flood, the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Pennsylvania, political subdivisions thereof, corporations, associations, or individuals, and to erect and maintain tablets or markers in accordance with^ the provisions contained in the Act approved August 21, 1935, entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes" (49 Stat. 666). SEC. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $2,000,000, for land acquisition and development, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 31, 1964.

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