Norbeck-Williamson Act of 1929
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Other short titles | Mount Rushmore National Memorial Construction Act of 1929 |
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Long title | An Act creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and defining its purposes and powers. |
Nicknames | Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission Act of 1929 |
Enacted by | the 70th United States Congress |
Effective | February 25, 1929 |
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Public law | 70-805 |
Statutes at Large | 45 Stat. 1300 |
Legislative history | |
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Norbeck-Williamson Act of 1929 established the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission defining the powers and purpose of the twelve member committee. The Act of Congress authorized the Mount Harney Memorial Association of South Dakota to stone carve models of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt in the Harney National Forest. The granite sculpture was to be created in accordance with the rock relief designs by Gutzon Borglum.
The Senate legislation was passed by the 70th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge on February 29, 1929.
Clauses of the Act
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission Act was drafted as six sections describing the purposes of the United States statute.
- Sec. 1 - Commission Composition and Creation
- Members allowance for expenses
- Compensation for secretary
- Sec. 2 - Organization
- Selection of treasurer
- Membership of executive committee
- Sec. 3 - Completion of Memorial
- Sec. 4 - Authority
- Mount Harney Memorial Association property rights
- Disbursement and receivables of funds
- Employment of artists and sculptors
- Other powers
- Sec. 5 - Federal Contribution Limitation
- Advance to treasurer of appropriated funds
- Condition of funds to treasurer
- Sec. 6 - Report to Congress
Amendments to 1929 Act
U.S. Congressional amendments to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission Act.
Date of Enactment | Public Law Number | U.S. Statute Citation | U.S. Legislative Bill | U.S. Presidential Administration |
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June 26, 1934 | P.L. 73-471 | 48 Stat. 1223 | S. 3533 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
August 29, 1935 | P.L. 74-393 | 49 Stat. 962 | S. 3204 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
June 15, 1938 | P.L. 75-629 | 52 Stat. 694 | H.R. 10462 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
May 22, 1940 | P.L. 76-519 | 54 Stat. 218 | H.R. 8357 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
See also
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- Carl Gunderson
- Charles E. Rushmore
- Construction of Mount Rushmore
- Doane Robinson
- Gilbert Fite
- Keystone, South Dakota
- Lincoln Borglum
- Lincoln Borglum Museum
- Lorado Taft
- William Williamson
External links
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Calvin Coolidge: "Address at the Opening of Work on Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, SD," August 10, 1927". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Remarks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.," August 30, 1936". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- "Mount Rushmore Founders and Sponsors". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior.
- "Mount Rushmore Historical Letters and Legislation". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior.
- "Mount Rushmore Memorial History". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior.
- "Mount Rushmore National Memorial". South Dakota State Historical Society. State of South Dakota.
- Fite, Gilbert Courtland (1952). "Mount Rushmore". University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 1–272. ISBN 978-0964679856. OCLC 1524519.
- Fite, Gilbert Courtland (1989). "Mount Rushmore". Internet Archive. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806109599.
- Domek, Tom; Hayes, Robert E. (May 15, 2006). "Mt. Rushmore and Keystone (SD) (Images of America)". Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738539614.
- Monument Men - The Road to Rushmore (DVD). San Francisco, California: Mill Creek Entertainment. 2015. OCLC 961877895.
- How Do They Do It? - Mount Rushmore on YouTube
- Mount Rushmore - An Evolving Idea on YouTube
- Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories on YouTube
- "Mount Rushmore Society". Speartek, Inc.