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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 291. 1924. 5].3 assistance; maintenance, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled and one horse—drawn passenger-carrying vehicle; office and all other necessary expenses; foundations for State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; roads andhthirdrigxiiitenarége;0purchase of small tracts of lands heretofore authorize y aw, 0, 00. Notwithstanding the restrictive provisions of the Act of Feb- lovlyistdmoléixgifxiisilicliwihlf ruary 26, 1896 (Twenty-ninth Statutes, page 21), the Secretary of §§,§%‘;‘Q,“,§',*}§,,{Y°” °"' War is authorized in his discretion to permit without cost to the v¤1.2s,p.zi. United States the erection of monuments or memorials to commemorate encampments of Spanish War or anizations which were en- %s$mped in said park during the period of the Spanish-American ar. enmwsnunc NA·r1oNA1. minrranr ram;. Gmysbum Fcr continuing the establishment of the park; acquisition of lands, n$({{II".§,`?`§}?g °$t°b` surveys, and maps; constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bridges thereon; fences and gates; markin the lines of battle with tablets and ns, each tablet bearing airief legend giving historic facts angu compiled without censure and without praise; preserving the features of the battle Held and the monuments thereon; compensation of superintendent, clerical, and other services, expenses, and labor; purchase and preparation of tablets and (gun carriages and placing them in position; maintenance, re air, an operation of a motor-propelled passenger-cariying vehicle, and all other expenses incident to the foregoing, $45,000. eU11.rom> oounmousn NATIONAL mmranr ram:. Gum°tdCmihm”` Continuing estab- For continuing the establishment of a national military park at ““*‘”;°”‘°‘- the battle Held of Guilford Courthouse, in accordance with the Act V° '3°’p'°°°' entitled “An Act to establish a national military park at the battle Held of Guilford Courthouse,” approved March 2, 1917, $7,840. smwn Nyrioivan Minrranr riuu:. S°n°b’ D 88 For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation of lwgrizriigils mbsuperintendent of the park; clerical and other services; labor; historical tablets; maps and surveys; roads; purchase and transportation of supplies, implements, and materials; foundations for monuments; office and other necessary expenses, including maintenance, relpair, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-can E,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_m,,,,,, rying ve icle; and or the extension of the park through the ac- g•§m¢¤ ¤¤f*¤*¤ Nequisition, b purchase or otherwise, of a strip of land, contiguous l' to the parg, sixty-six feet wide, to connect the Shiloh National Military Park and the Corinth, Mississippi, National Cemetery; such land to be acquired along or near the resent main road from the Shiloh National Military Park to the Corinth National Cemetery located on the battle Held of Corinth, the center of such to follow as nearly as practicable along the survey heretofore ma e by Park Engineer Thompson; and for the construction of a hardsurface road and necessary bridges along the center line of such strip from the park to the Corinth National Cemetery; and for the erection of historical markers along such strip to show the movements of troops and other matters of historical interest in connection with the Civil War battles of Shiloh and Corinth; m all P,,,,,,,,_ $70,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be ¤1%cw¤¤i¢¤r•¤ re expended within the incorporated limits of the city of Corinth. S '