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 842 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 176. 1899. -¤·¤¤i¤·¤•- occupy and cultivate their present holdings upon condition that they will preserve the present buildings and roads and the present outlines of field and forest, and that they will only cut trees or un derbrush under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as may from time to time be erected by proper Bmw. , authority: Provided, That the United States shall at all times have and all parts or portions of said premises and to remove and expel therefrom any such occupant, tenant, or other person or persons found thereon whenever the Secretary of War or the commissioners shall deem it proper or necessary ; and such right, power, and authority shall be reserved in express terms in all leases and agreements giving or granting such occupant or tenant the right to remain in possession as herein contemplated; and thereupon said occupant or tenant or other persons who may be required to vacate said premises shall each and all at once surrender and deliver up the possession thereof. °•¤¤*••*¤¤¤¤- Sec. 4. That the affairs of the Vicksburg national military park shall, subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three commissioners, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, each of whom shall have served at the time of the siege and defense in one of the armies engaged therein, two of whom shall have served in the army commanded by General Grant and one in the army _ commanded by General Pemberton. The commissioners shall elect one Sccnhry- of their number chairman; they shall also elect subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, a secretary, who shall also be historian, and who shall posse the requisite qualifications of a commissioner, and they and the secretary shall have an ouice in the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, or on the grounds of the park, and be paid such compen- . sation as the Secretary of War shall deem reasonable and just. _D¤tic¤ of 0¤m¤=i¤· Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners named in the “""'°"‘ preceding section, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to restore the forts and the lines of fortification, the parallels and the approaches of the two armies, or so much thereof as may be necessary to the purposes of this park; to open and construct and to repair such roads as may be necessary to said purposes, and to ascertain and mark with historical tablets, or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine, the lines of battle of the troops engaged in the assaults, and the lines held by the troops during the siege and defense of Vicksburg, the headquarters of General Grant and of General Pemberton, and other historical points of interest pertaining to the siege and defense or xagurntms- Vicksburg within the park or its vicinity; and the said commissioners in establishing this military park shall also have authority under the direction of the Secretary of War to do all things necessary to the purposes of the park, and for its establishment under such regulations as he may consider best for the interest of the Government, and the Secretary of War shall make and enforce all needful regulations for the care of the park. unit; nm or Sec. 6. That it shall be lawful for any State that had troops engaged “·***°· $*°'° °'""*’°· in the siege and defense of Vicksburg to enter upon the lands of the Vicksburg national military park for the purpose of ascertaining and nemo:. marking the lines of battle of its troops engaged therein: Provided —“”"°""· That before any such lines are permanently designated the position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments tablets, or otherwise shall be submitted to and approved by the Secret tary of War, and all such lines, designs, and inscriptions for the same shall first receive the written approval of the Secretary of War, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports which must be made to him in each case by the commissioners of the park; and no monument, tablet, or other designating indication shall be erected or placed within said park or vicinity without such written authority ., mmminmtn of the Secretary of War: Prorided, That no discrimination shall be ·¤’¤¤° S'•°°°· made against any State as to the manner of designating lines, but any
 * $f““"*”’°"°"""‘* and retain full right, power, and authority to take possession of any