Chapter 390. Providing for the erection of a memorial arch at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 390.— An Act Providing for the erection of a memorial arch at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. June 25, 1910.[[H. R. 55](/us/bill/61/hr/55).][[Public, No. 272](/us/pl/61/272).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Valley Forge, Pa. Expenditure for memorial arch at, authorized. *Post*, p. 1402. That the expenditure of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, authorized, for the erection upon the site of the encampment during the winter of seventeen hundred and seventy-seven to seventeen hundred and seventy-eight of the American Army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, of a memorial arch within the Valley Forge Park, in commemoration of the patriotism displayed and the suffering endured by General George Washington, *Provisos*.
Direction, etc., of Secretary Of War. his officers, and men during said winter: *Provided*, That the money authorized to be expended as aforesaid shall be expended by the Valley Forge Park Commission under the direction of the Secretary of War, and that the location, plans, specifications, and designs for the said arch shall be approved by the Secretary of War: *Provided Care, etc. further*, That when the said arch is erected the responsibility for the care and keeping of the same shall be with the said Valley Forge Park Commission or as may otherwise be provided by the State of Pennsylvania and without expense to the United States.
Approved, June 25, 1910.