Pennsylvania Act 1937-555 — STATE FOREST LAND, ACQUISITION

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STATE FOREST LAND, ACQUISITION
                 Act of Jul. 2, 1937, P.L. 2722, No. 555              Cl. 32
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the acquisition and maintenance by the Department
        of Forests and Waters, with the advice of the Bushy Run
        Battlefield Commission, of lands adjacent to and including
        the place where fifty soldiers, killed in the battle of Bushy
        Run, are buried, as well as other portions of said
        battlefield; and making an appropriation.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That for the purpose of
     further perpetuating and preserving the place in Westmoreland
     County, Pennsylvania, where, on August fifth and sixth, one
     thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, occurred the battle of
     Bushy Run, in which Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated the Indians
     in one of the most decisive engagements in American Colonial
     history, the Department of Forests and Waters, with the advice
     of the Bushy Run Battlefield Commission, is hereby authorized to
     purchase tracts of land adjoining the present Bushy Run
     Battlefield State Park, and especially the land where fifty
     soldiers killed in the said battle are buried, as well as other
     lands constituting the area on which the battle was waged.
        Section 2.  The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or as
     much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically
     appropriated to the Department of Forests and Waters for the
     acquisition of lands adjacent to the present Bushy Run
     Battlefield State Park, the erection of monuments or memorials,
     the improvement, restoration, and maintenance of said addition
     to present park, and expenses incurred in carrying out the
     provisions of this act. Payment from said appropriation shall be
     made by requisition of the Secretary of Forests and Waters on
     the Auditor General in the manner provided by law.