Chapter 3336. Providing for the erection of a monument on Kings Mountain Battle Ground commemorative of the great victory gained there during the war of the American Revolution on October seventh, seventeen hundred and eighty, by the American forces
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CHAP. 3336.— An Act Providing for the erection of a monument on Kings Mountain Battle Ground commemorative of the great victory gained there during the war of the American Revolution on October seventh, seventeen hundred and eighty, by the American forces. June 16, 1906. [[H. R. 17983](/us/bill/59/hr/17983).] [[Public, No. 235](/us/pl/59/235).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of thirty thousand Kings Mountain Battle Ground, S.
C.Appropriation for monument on.dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a monument and inclosure for the same on Kings Mountain Battle Ground in York County, South Carolina, to commemorate the great victory won there on October seventh, seventeen hundred and eighty, by the American forces, commanded by Colonels William Campbell, John Sevier, Benjamin Cleveland. Isaac Shelby. Charles McDowell.
Joseph McDowell, James Williams, and Edward Lacey, and Majors William Candler, Joseph Winston, and William Chronicle: *Provisos*.Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. *Provided*, That the money appropriated as aforesaid shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and the plans, specifications, and designs for such monument and inclosure for the same, before any money so appropriated is expended, shall be first approved Title.by the Secretary of War: *And provided further,* That no part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be so expended until the Kings Mountain Centennial Association of South Carolina shall secure the title to not more than fifty acres of said battle ground, said title to be approved by the Attorney-General of the United States: *And provided further*, Care of monument.That when said monument is erected the responsibility for the care and keeping of the same shall be and remain with the Kings Mountain Battle Ground Association of South Carolina, it being expressly understood that the United States shall have no responsibility therefor.
Approved, June 16, 1906.