Shiloh National Park. Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company granted right of way through. Proviso. Approval of location, etc. Shiloh. Purchase of An Act Authorizing a license and permit to the Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company to construct a track or tracks through the Shiloh National Park, and to operate electric cars thereon, approved June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 388) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, and upon the favorable recommendation of the Shiloh National Park Commission, to permit and license the Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company, to lay a track or tracks through the Shiloh National Park and operate electric cars through said park: Provided, That such license and permit shall only become or be operative on the condition that the track or tracks and roadbed of the said Corinth and Shiloh Railway Company, and the right of way for any and all extensions of the road of the said company to and through the said national park, shall first be definitely fixed and located upon a line or lines which shall be satisfactory to and approved by the said Shiloh National Park Čommission and the Secretary of War, in writing, and no part of said line or lines of road, after being so located, established, built, or constructed, shall be changed, moved, or extended without the consent in writing of said commission and said Secretary thereto being first had and obtained, and upon the further condition that an agreement satisfactory to the said commission and approved by it and said Secretary of War shall be entered into on the part of the said railway company for the proper maintenance of said track or tracks and its roadbed, and to keep same at all times in proper repair and condition, and said license and permit and all rights of said company thereunder shall be terminable by the Secretary of War, in whole or in part, at any time, without compensation. Excerpt from "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, and for other purposes," approved March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1363, 1401) Shiloh National Military Park: For continuing the work of establishing a national military park on the battle field of Shiloh, Tennessee; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary, clerical and other services, labor, historical tablets, maps and surveys, roads, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials, office and other necessary expenses, twenty-seven thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to apply the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars provided in the general deficiency appropriation Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, to the purchase of so much of the one hundred and eighty-two and seventy-three one-hundredths acres of land for the Shiloh National Military Park as can be obtained by purchase or condemnation for the sum already appropriated for that purpose. property, etc. From the unexpended balance of the appropriation Replacing made by the urgent deficiency Act approved February Use of balance. twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, for replacing Ante, p. 788. property owned by the Government in the Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee, which was destroyed by the cyclone of October fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, the Secretary of War is authorized to expend not exceeding four thousand dollars to cover the cost of material and construction of the office building and appurtenances thereto, including gas generator, erected under the authority contained in the deficiency Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten. Excerpt from "An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes," approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 477, 513) Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh. tablishment of. Extension of, Corinth Natery. authorized to tional Ceme For continuing the establishment of the park; com- Continuing es pensation of superintendent 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, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle; and for the extension of the park through the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of a strip of land, contiguous to the park, 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 present main road from the Shiloh National Military Park to the Corinth National Cemetery located on the battle field of Corinth, the center of such strip to follow as nearly as practicable along the survey heretofore made by Park Engineer Thompson; and for the construction of a hard-surface 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; in all $70,000: Provided, Proviso. That no part of this appropriation shall be expended restricted. within the incorporated limits of the city of Corinth. Shiloh Na- Acceptance of non-Federal property. Shiloh Na- An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands within the Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee, and for other purposes, approved June 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 173) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, and under such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary to convey, without consideration, to W. A. Shaw and E. L. Shaw, or nominees, the following-described lands within Shiloh National Military Park in Hardin County in the State of Tennessee: Beginning at a point from which the intersection of Shiloh National Military Park boundary between boundary corners numbered 228 and 229 with center line of Confederate Road bears south eight degrees fifty-seven minutes east, eighty and thirty-seven one-hundredths feet (said intersection bears north eighty-eight degrees ten minutes fourteen seconds west, one thousand one hundred and thirty-one and eighty-nine one-hundredths feet from boundary corner numbered 228); thence north twenty-nine degrees thirty-one minutes west, three hundred and twenty-six feet; thence south seventy-six degrees nineteen minutes east, three hundred and thirtyseven and fifty-four one-hundredths feet; and thence running sixty feet from and parallel to center line of Confederate Road south thirty-nine degrees twenty minutes west, two hundred and sixty-three and forty-six onehundredths feet to the point of beginning. The tract as described contains approximately ninety-two one-hundredths acre. SEC. 2. For the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings within the park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary, to accept any nonFederal real or personal property within the authorized boundaries of the park. In exchange for such properties, he may, in his discretion, convey to the grantors of such properties any Federally owned lands or interests in lands within the authorized boundaries of the park which are of approximately equal value, as determined by the Secretary, to the properties being acquired in each case. (16 U.S.C. § 430f note.) An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands in Shiloh National Military Park to the State of Tennessee for the relocation of highways, and for other purposes, approved May 16, 1958 (72 Stat. 114) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order that existing roads within Shiloh National Military Park may be devoted primarily to use by park visitors and that traffic hazards and nonconform ing uses may be eliminated from the park by providing a more suitable road location and related area for the highways designated State Routes Numbered 22 and 142 which now traverse the central portion of the park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey certain lands within Shiloh National Military Park on the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. (16 U.S.C. § 430f-1.) SEC. 2. The Secretary may convey to the State of Tennessee for road purposes a right-of-way located in Hardin County, Tennessee, as shown on National Park Service map NMP-SH-7006, revised June 1956, being a minimum of one hundred and twenty feet and a maximum of one hundred and forty feet in width, and a length of approximately eighteen thousand and nine hundred feet, said right-of-way containing approximately fifty-one acres: Provided, That, in exchange, the State constructs and thereafter maintains a roadway on said lands and thereupon releases those portions of the present highways within the park designated State Routes Numbered 22 and 142 from such designation and subsequent use for State highway purposes. (16 U.S.C. § 430f-2.) SEC. 3. The Secretary may convey to the State of Tennessee for use as a recreational area contiguous and incident to the relocated State Route Numbered 22 certain lands situated in Hardin County, Tennessee, as shown on National Park Service map NMP-SH-7006, revised June 1956, and designated thereon as parcel A, said lands containing one hundred and fifty-one acres, more or less: Provided, That in exchange the lands so conveyed shall be developed and used exclusively by the State or its political subdivisions for recreational purposes only, thereby removing certain incompatible uses from the military park. (16 U.S.C. § 430f-3.) SEC. 4. Upon the delivery and acceptance of the conveyance herein authorized, any jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States by the State of Tennessee over the lands conveyed shall thereby cease and determine and shall thereafter vest and be in the State of Tennessee. (16 U.S.C. § 430f-4.) Establishment_. 14. Vicksburg National Military Park -Act of February 21, 1899 Page 290 294 295 296 296 An Act To establish a national military park to commemorate the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg, approved February 21, 1899 (30 Stat. 841) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asNational Mili- sembled, That in order to commemorate the campaign tary Park, Vicksburg, Miss., estab lished. Location. and siege and defense of Vicksburg, and to preserve the history of the battles and operations of the siege and defense on the ground where they were fought and were carried on, the battlefield of Vicksburg, in the State of Mississippi, is hereby declared to be a national military park whenever the title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Mississippi; that is to say, the area inclosed by the following lines, or so much thereof as the commissioners of the park may deem necessary, to wit: Beginning near the point where the graveyard road, now known as the City Cemetery road, crosses the line of the Confederate earthworks, thence north about eighty rods, thence in an easterly direction about one hundred and twenty rods, thence in a southerly direction, and keeping as far from the line of the Confederate earthworks as the purposes of the park may require and as the park commission, to be hereinafter named, may determine, but not distant from the nearest point on said line of Confederate earthworks more than one hundred and sixty rods at any part, to a point about forty rods south and from eighty to one hundred and sixty rods east of Fort Garrott, also known as the "Square Fort;" thence in a westerly direction to a point in the rear of said Fort Garrott, thence in a northerly direction across the line of the Confederate earthworks and to a point about two hundred feet in the rear of the said line of Confederate earthworks, thence in a general northerly direction, and at an approximate distance of about two hundred feet in the rear of the line of Confederate earthworks as the confor |