Lincoln Boyhood
Administrative History
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APPENDIX A:
ACT AUTHORIZING LINCOLN BOYHOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL
9. Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Establishment authorized |
Act of February 19, 1962 |
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An Act To provide for the
establishment of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in the State of
Indiana, and for other purposes, approved February 19, 1962 (76 Stat.
9)
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That in order to preserve the site in the State of
Indiana associated with the boyhood and family of Abraham Lincoln, the
Secretary of the Interior shall designate the original Tom Lincoln farm,
the nearby gravesite of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and such adjoining lands as
he deems necessary for establishment as the Lincoln Boyhood National
Memorial. However, the area designated for establishment shall not
exceed two hundred acres.
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Lincoln Boyhood
National Memorial,
Ind.
Establishment.
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SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized to acquire by
donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, land and
interest in land within the designated area. When land has been acquired
in sufficient quantity to afford an initially administrable unit of the
national park system, he shall establish the Lincoln Boyhood National
Memorial by publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register.
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Publication
in F.R.
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SEC. 3. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial shall
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a part of the
national park system in accordance with provisions of the Act entitled
"An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes",
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and
supplemented.
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16 U.S.C. 1-43 passim.
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SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act, but not more than $1,000,000, of which not more than $75,000
shall be expended for the acquisition of lands or interests in land.
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Appropriation.
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Last Updated: 25-Jan-2003
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