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16 U.S.C. § 407n — Cooperative agreements between Secretary of the Interior and City of Philadelphia; contents
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In furtherance of the general purposes of this subchapter as prescribed in [section 407m of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section407m&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the city of Philadelphia to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the property known as the Independence Hall National Historic Site and with the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia to assist in the preservation and interpretation of Carpenters’ Hall, in connection with the Independence National Historical Park. Such agreements shall contain, but shall not be limited to, provisions that the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, shall have right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property now within Independence Hall National Historic Site and to Carpenters’ Hall for the purpose of conducting visitors through such buildings and grounds and interpreting them to the public, that no changes or alterations shall be made in the property within the Independence Hall National Historic Site, including its buildings and grounds, or in Carpenters’ Hall, except by mutual agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the other parties to the contracts.
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In furtherance of the general purposes of this subchapter as prescribed in [section 407m of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section407m&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the city of Philadelphia to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the property known as the Independence Hall National Historic Site and with the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia to assist in the preservation and interpretation of Carpenters’ Hall, in connection with the Independence National Historical Park. Such agreements shall contain, but shall not be limited to, provisions that the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, shall have right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property now within Independence Hall National Historic Site and to Carpenters’ Hall for the purpose of conducting visitors through such buildings and grounds and interpreting them to the public, that no changes or alterations shall be made in the property within the Independence Hall National Historic Site, including its buildings and grounds, or in Carpenters’ Hall, except by mutual agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the other parties to the contracts.
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For the purpose of preserving for the benefit of the American people as a national historical park certain historical structures and properties of outstanding national significance located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and associated with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior, following the consummation of agreements with the city of Philadelphia and the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia as prescribed in [section 407n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section407n&num=0&edition=prelim), is authorized to acquire by donation or with donated funds, or to acquire by purchase, any property, real or personal, within the following-described areas, such park to be fully established as the “Independence National Historical Park” when, in the opinion of the Secretary, title to sufficient of the lands and interests in lands within such areas, shall be vested in the United States: Provided, That the park shall not be established until title to the First United States Bank property, the Merchants’ Exchange property, the Bishop White house, the Dilworth-Todd-Moylan house, and the site of the Benjamin Franklin house, together with two-thirds of the remaining lands and interests in lands within the following-described areas, shall have been vested in the United States:
**(a)** An area of three city blocks bounded generally by Walnut Street, Fifth Street, Chestnut Street, and Second Street, but excluding the new United States customhouse at the southeast corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, identified as “project A”, as described in the report of the Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission, dated December 29, 1947.
**(b)** A memorial thoroughfare, or mall, exte
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 407m–4
thence southerly along the west side of South
Seventh Street 124 feet, thence westerly 50 feet,
thence northerly 124 feet, thence easterly 50 feet
to the point of beginning.
(Pub. L. 88–477, § 1, Aug. 21, 1964, 78 Stat. 587.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948,
ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this
subchapter.
§ 407m–4. Erection of replica of Graff House;
maintenance
The Secretary is further authorized to erect
on the site aforesaid, with donated funds, a rep-
lica of the Graff House and to furnish and main-
tain the same.
(Pub. L. 88–477, § 2, Aug. 21, 1964, 78 Stat. 587.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948,
ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this
subchapter.
§ 407m–5. Inclusion of additional lands and build-
ing; administration
The lands hereinbefore described and the
building to be erected thereon shall become a
part of the Independence National Historical
Park and shall be administered in accordance
with the laws and regulations applicable there-
to.
(Pub. L. 88–477, § 3, Aug. 21, 1964, 78 Stat. 587.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948,
ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this
subchapter.
§ 407m–6. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums, but not more than $200,000, as may be nec-
essary for acquisition of the land described in
section 407m–3 of this title: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Interior shall not obligate or
expend any moneys herein authorized to be ap-
propriated for acquisition of the land unless and
until commitments are obtained for dona
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