§ 834. Additional lands, purchase authorized
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
32 P.S. § 834
§ 834. Additional lands, purchase authorized
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,1 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.
Credits
1937, July 2, P.L. 2722, § 1.
Footnotes
The Department of Forests and Waters was abolished and its powers and duties were transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources. See 71 P.S. § 510-1. For subsequent renaming of the Department of Environmental Resources to the Department of Environmental Protection, see 71 P.S. § 1340.501.
32 P.S. § 834, PA ST 32 P.S. § 834
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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