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CONGRESS. (Tux Ni< ARAUI A CANAL.) 



8ae. 4. Tht the Secretary of War U hereby au- 



Ifcatiaait wa dmvicd to eoquirr. t -u,-h t ..... * and in 

 er h mav de*n bw raK-ulai*l to serve 



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dlntf In area the parcel* 



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UM right of way to the 



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 uirwl by any 

 to the ground 

 or markers are placed, nor 



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'OM purpose of acquiring the lands 

 scribed fn the foregoing section not 



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m ij ! w 'i a* 



of War for Uic prea* i 

 of the lines of battle of the Union and 

 . jnniea at Gettysburg, the Secretary of 

 War b authorised to employ the services of the com- 



* '-- by him for the loca- 



with his in- 

 !.:- approval. 



Uoo, who ahall proceed, in conformity with his in- 

 atfmHUuM and subject in all things to 



to acquire such lands by purchase, or by condcmna 

 tkm proceeding*, to be taken t.y the Attorn* 

 oral in behalf of the United States, in any cases in 

 which it shall be ascertained that the same can not 

 be purchased at prices deemed reasonable and just l.y 

 the said ooauniasiooers and approve ' 



Ury of War. 



nd approved l>y the Sccre- 

 And such condemnation proceedings 



may be taken pursuant to the act of Congress ap- 

 proved Aug. 1. 1888, regulating the condemnation of 

 land for public uses, or the joint resolution author!/. 

 in* the purchase or condemnation of land in the 

 y of Gettysburg, Pa,, approved .June :,, 1894. 



Sac. . That it hall U- the duty of the S. 

 of War to establish and enforce proper regular 

 UM custody, preservation, and care ot the monument* 

 now erected or which may be hereafter erected within 

 the limit* of said national military park ; and such 

 rules shall provide for convenient access by visitors 

 to all auch monuments within the park, and the 

 ground included therein, on and within 



aveh hours as may be designated and authorized by 

 the Secretary of War. 



SEC. 7. That if any pemon shall destroy, mutilate, 

 rtefaet, injure, or remove, except by permission of the 

 SeareUijf of War, any column, statue, memorial tru<- 

 tare, or work of art that shall be erected or placed uj-.n 

 the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall 

 destroy or remove any fence, rai ire, or 



ether work for the protection or ornament of said 

 park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, 

 hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, 

 bosh, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said 

 park, or shall cot down or fell or remove any tin.u r. 

 _- ting< r Lng upon smid 



perk, or bum mi: it* of the park, or hall 



remove or destroy any breastworks, earth works, walls, 



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traded by the armies formerly engaged in the bat- 

 tles on UM land or approach* to the nark, or shall 

 violets any regulation made and pub 



fcit and pay a toe, In th e discretion of the justice, ao- 

 cordinc to the acxravation of the offense, of not leaf 

 than $6 nor more than fSOO, one half for the use ot 



the park and the other half to the informer, to be en- 

 forced and rwoverM before such justice in like man- 

 ner as drbts of like nature are now by law recover- 

 able in the county where the oflenae may be com- 



SBC. 8. That the Secretary i \\.\r i> hereby au 

 thoriftvd nti.l din . ; a Buftablf 



bronx* .. -"I it the address di 



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he I'.'tli da\ "I N"\. i. 



II of tllf II., 



tluit place, and such tablet ha\in_' ..n it be 

 idea the a<l.' .lallion 



;. hhttll In 1 erected en tllf liio>t suitn 

 within tin- limit* of said park, which 

 :hf I'.. llowin^' words. t< \\it : 



rouirht 



forth on this continent ane-,\ nation, eon.-. -i\ed in ni,- 



crty ami dedicated to tin pi"p->iti..n that all i. 

 created equal. 



M Now we are engaged in a cn-at ,-i\ i; 

 whether that nation, or any i -1 and 



sodcdicatod, can IOIIL' endure. U nn rnut on 

 battlefield ot' that war. \N hav< i-oim to d( 

 |.rtioti of that field a.- a final restiiiL' ] 



who here gave their lives thai that nation mi^ht I'm-. 



It is altogether littii.^ and proper that \\e should do 

 thin. 



" Hut. in a larx" ; ati not dc dicatc. 



not consecrate. \\- can not hallow this Around. The 

 brave im-ri. living and dead. \\ho >tnii.'Lrl d h. 

 conaecratcd it far uUivf our po\\,r to ad.l or de- 

 tract The world will littU- not*-, nor lon L ' n -n 

 what we (*ay h-n ; Imt it can m-wr tojx'<-t \\hat lln-y 

 di.l here, 'it is for us, the living, rather to 1..- tlcdi'- 

 cated here to the unfinished work which tl 

 fought hen- ha\f thus fur so nobly advanced. It is 

 rather for us to !.< hen- dedicated to the trn-at task 

 n-inainintr bt-fon- us ; that from ti d dead 



wi- take increa.-fd devotion to that cause for \\hich 



they sruvf tin- last full meaattre of devotion; that we 



iirhly n-solvc that tht-sf dead shall n 

 died in vain ; that this nation, uno .!! have 



a ne\\ l.irth of tn-c<loiu, and that government <.t the 

 peoph-, by the people, for the people, shall not peruh 

 from the earth. ' 



And tin- sum of J*:,.O<M>. or so much thereof UK may 

 benecesMiry. moiiev 



in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay 

 the cost of said tableland medallion and ]<,. 



SBC. 9. That to enahle the Secretary of War to 

 carry out the purposes of this act, including tin pur- 

 chase or condemnation of the land described fa MB* 

 ; and 5 of this act, opening, improving, and re- 

 pairing necessary road- and avenue- 

 sur\e\s and map*, suitably marking the l>oi. 



ot' the" park, and fr the pay and expeiis. - 



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H' much thereof as may lie nevessary, is hit 



propriatcd out of any money in the I 



otherwise appropriated; and all disbursement! made 



under this act shall require the approval of tin 



tary of War, who shall inuke annual rej>ort <>| the 



same to Congress. 



The Nicaragua Canal. The bill "to , 



the act entitled 'An Art to incorporate tin- 

 Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua,' an- 



; l-'eb. 20, 1889," was a measure of the 

 gravest importance: and though not tal 

 in the House f>f K : W&a tin 



rabject of earnest diM'tis^ion in that Inxly, \\ lien- 

 it finally passed. It involved the granting of 

 aid l.y tin- I'nitcd States (JoverniiH-nf to the 

 :.al through Nicaragua, joining 



Ijintir and Pacific. TJie bill 



by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, was as foil- 



A bill to amend the aet entitled " An Act to incor- 

 porate the Maritime Canal < : Nicaragua,** 



approved Feb. 20, 1889 : 



lie it enarttd. ttc., That the capital stock of the 

 Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua shall consist 

 of 1,000,000 shares of $100 each, and no more. 



SEC. 2. That the words "the Nicaragua Canal," 



