466 1•`IFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1301. 1902. hundred dollars each; in all, Eve thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; for one-half of said sum to be suipplied by the United States,`two thousand seven hundred and seventy- ve dollars. m;g¥g;;¢<>¤¤ Mr hnnovmmnnr or THE YnI.I.owsTo1~m NAT1oNAI. PARK: For the ' improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, in accordance with the approved project, including the maintenance of existing improvements, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, two hundred and fiftgthousand dollars, to be immediately avail- Eg able: Provided, That the cretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such labor and materials as may be necessar for the completion of the project, including annual maintenance andy repairs, or the work may be done and the materials purchased otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time . be made b law, not to exceed in any one year two hundred and fifty thousand clollars, and not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: And ovidedfurther, That of the amounts so appropriated not to exceed Eftry thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary F°"*“’°’°"°“· of War, be expended in the Yellowstone forest reserve east of the park, and not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars may be expended 1D the Yellowstone and Teton forest reserves south of the park. §g{{},jgmP§g§°· and CHICKAMAUGA AND CnAT·rANoo¤A NAT1oNAI. PARK: For continuing cimmmwgs the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park; E"°"“°°' for the compensation and expenses of two civilian commissioners and the assistant in historical wor ; maps, survey s, clerical and other assistance, messenger, officc expenses, and all other necessary expenses; foundations for State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; for roads an their maintenance, and for — the lpurchase of land already authorized by law; in all, fifty thousand dol rs. §‘}f,l‘Q,*,§;,, Srrrnou NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: For continuing the work of establishing a national military park on the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary, clerical and other services labor, land, iron gun carriages and historical tablets, maps and surveys, roads, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials, office and other necessary expenses, forty thousand dollars. ‘_,§§§f;,"§'· Gnrrrssuno NATIONAL PARK: For continuin the work of establishing the national park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; for the acquisition of lands, surve ‘s, and maps; constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bri gcs thereon; making fences and gates; marking the lines of battle with tablets and guns, each tablet bearing a brief legend giving historic facts, and comgiled without censure and without praise; preserving the features of the battleiield and the monuments thereon; providing fora suitable office for the commissioners in Gettysburg; compensation of three civilian commissioners, clerical and other services; expenses, and labor; the purchase and preparation of tablets and gun carriages and placing them in sition, and all other expenses incidental to the foregoing, seventy-tiv(e thou- _ sand dollars. Yf§,‘§,‘},Q’f· VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: For continuin the work of establishing the Vicksburg National Military Park; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners, the secretary and historian; for clerical and other services, labor, iron un carriages, the mounting of siege guns, monuments, markers, and historical tablets giving historical facts, compiled without praise and without censure; maps and surveys; roads, bridges, restoration of earthworks, urchase and transportation of supplies and materials; office and other necessary exppnses, one hundre thousand dollars. new I APS, WAR DEPARTMENT: For publication of maps for use of the War Department, inclusive of war maps, five thousand dollars. l
