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 90 STAT. 1196

PUBLIC LAW 94-393—AUG. 19, 1976

Public Law 94-393 94th Congress An Act Aug. 19, 1976 [S. 2642]

Ninety Six National Historic Site, S.C. Establishment. 16 USC 461 note.

Publication in Federal Register.

Administration. 16 USC 461 note.

Appropriation authorization. 16 USC 461 note.

To provide for the establishment of the Ninety Six National Historic Site in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to preserve and commemorate for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations an area of unique historical significance associated with the settlement and development of the English Colonies in America and with the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War, including the Star Fort, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein by donation, purchase, or exchange, not to exceed one thousand one hundred and twenty acres, in the vicinity of the Old Ninety Six and Star Fort National Historic Landmark in the State of South Carolina, for establishment as the Ninety Six National Historic Site, as generally depicted on the map entitled "96 New Area Study Alternative 2, Ninety Six Site, Ninety Six, South Carolina, Sheet 8 of 17", and dated May 1976, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia: Provided, That lands and interests therein owned by the State of South Carolina or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. The Secretary shall establish the historic site by publication of a notice to that effect in the Federal Register at such time as he determines that sufficient property to constitute an administrable unit has been acquired. After advising the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Senate and House of Representatives in writing, the Secretary may from time to time revise the boundaries of the historic site, but the total acreage of the site shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and twenty acres. SEC. 2. Pending establishment of the site and thereafter, the Secretary shall administer property acquired pursuant to this Act in accordance with the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4), as amended and supplemented, and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), as amended. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, but not more than $320,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands.

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