Chapter 273. in regard to a monumental column to commemorate the battle of Monmouth
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CHAP. 273.— An Act in regard to a monumental column to commemorate the battle of Monmouth.July 6, 1882. Whereas an association by the name of “The Monmonth Battle MonumentMonument in commemoration of battle of Monmouth.Preamble. Association”, incorporated by the legislature of the State of New Jersey, secured by grant a portion of the battlefield of Monmouth for the purpose of erecting a monument thereon, which land is now held in trnst for such object: and Whereas under a law of said State passed March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, a commission has been appointed to erect a monument thereon and improve the grounds; and 152 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
SESS. I. CH. 273-275. 1882. Whereas the sum of twenty thousand dollars has been raised or secured toward erecting such monument and caring therefor, and improving the grounds where it will stand; and Whereas the sum of twenty thousand dollars is inadequate to erect a monument befitting the historic significance of the event it is designed to commemorate and the present greatness of the nation: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Appropriation., That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by said commission in erecting and completing on the battlefield of Monmouth a suitable monument, the money to be paid to the commission aforesaid *Provisos.*under the direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided, however,* That the said Monmouth Battle Monument Association and the said commission shall have raised, to be expended in the erection of said monument and in the improvement of the site, at least the sum of twenty thousand dollars: *And provided further,* That the design for the said monument shall be approved by the Secretary of War, and the sum herein appropriated shall not be available until a contract is made to complete the work within that sum.
Approved, July 6, 1882.