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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 176,177. 1899. 843 grant made to any State by the Secretary of War may be used by any b,P;g*‘i¤i¤¤¤ evrlice other State. The provisions of this section shall also apply to organi- g£]imif;T;°° and °° nations and persons; and as the Vicksburg N ationali Cemetery is on Ccgfggbing N°”*°¤**1 ground partly occupied by Federal lines during the siege of Vicksburg, y' the provisions of this section, as far as may be practicable, shall apply to monuments or tablets designating such lines within the limits of that cemetery. Sec. 7. That if any person shall, except by permission of the Secre— rf)’°;j‘*¥f°**¤J¤*i¤s tary of War, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, P p y` column, statue, memorial structure, tablet, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or sl1all_ destroy or remove any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work intended for the protection or ornamentation of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut,_ hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrub that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree, or trees growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter on any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles, on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so otfending and found guilty thereof, before any United States commissioner or court, justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed, or any court of competent jurisdiction, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a iine in the discretion of the said commissioner or court of the United States or justice of the peace, according to the aggravatiou of the ofense, of not less than Eve nor more than five hundred dollars, one-half for the use of the park and the other half to the informant, to be enforced and recovered before such United States commissioner or court or justice of the peace or other court in like manner as debts of like nature are now by law recoverable in the several counties where the offense may be committed. Sec. 8. That to enable the Secretary of War to begin to carry out the Appropriation for purpose of this Act, including the condemnation or purchase of the f,,‘,}{°““°° ‘Tf °°°“b““*" necessary land, marking the boundaries of the park, opening or repair ing necessary roads, restoring the lield to its condition at the time of the battle, maps and surveys, material, labor, clerical, and all other necessary assistants, and the pay and expenses of the commissioners and their secretary and assistants, the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and ——¤ppr¤v¤J. ow. disbursements under this Act shall require the approval of the Secretary of War, and he shall make annual report of the same to Congress. Approved, February 21, 1899. CHAP. 1’l7.—A¤ Act Tp amend section thirty-two hundred and eighty-seven of the February 21, 1899. Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the drawing oil`, gauging, marking, ·~r-<—————— and removal of spirits. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirty-two hun- Distilled spirits, dred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as wtfggnbgajggs jig:} amended by section six of the Act approved May twenty-eighth, inning mania cans eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled *'·Au Act to amend the laws in f°§§‘§f'§;,c_ 3;,,,, ,,_ relation to internal revenue/’ be amended by adding at the end thereof 63g,¤;¤;{¤<1¤·h_, the following: °‘ 'p' ‘ under such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with ` the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe, distilled spirits may be drawn into wooden packages, each containing two or more metallic cans, which cans shall have each a capacity of not less than five gallons, wine measure, such packages to be tilled and used only
 * ‘ Provided, however, That upon.the application of the distiller, and