Chapter 504. To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 504.— An Act To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania. March 4, 1931.[[S. 6078](/us/bill/71/s/6078).][[Public, No. 851](/us/pl/71/851).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Battle of Fort Necessity, Pa.Monument commemorating, authorized. That for the purpose of commemorating the Battle of Fort Necessity, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 3d day of July, 1757, the Secretary of War is authorized to accept title to not less than one acre of land, which will include the site of said fort, free of cost to the United States, and to erect a monument thereon. 1523 Sec. 2.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sumSum authorized. of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this Act. Sec. 3. The land acquired under section 1 of this Act shall beJurisdiction and maintenance of land acquired. under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of War, and there is authorized to be appropriated for the maintenance of such monument and its site a sum not to exceed $250 per annum. Approved, March 4, 1931.