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998 SHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 152. 1917. an actual resident of the State of Ma;§land, one an actual resident u;}g&P°*¤°¤¤¤ *°'* of the State of Delaware. Ting sh be appointed by the Secretary of War, the actual resident of uilford County, State of North Carolina, so a pointed to serve, unless sooner reheved, for a term of fo1u· years. 'llhe resident commissioner shall act as chairman and as secreof the commission. One of the other commissioners so appomted ghlalll serve for a term of three years, and the other for a term of two years, unless sooner relieved. Upon the expiration of the terms of said commissioners the Secretary of War sha , in the manner hereinbefore rescribed, appoint their successors, to serve, unless sooner relieved: for a term 0 our years each from the date of their respective ngylw •¤¤ ¤·¤¤v¤¤· a pointments. The office of said commmsioneis shall be in the cig; ° ol) Greensboro, North Carolina. The resident commissioner sh receive as compensation $1,000 per annum, the nonresident commissioners $100 per annum each, and they shall not be entitled to any other pay or allowances of any kind whatsoever. DW ma mama Sm. 5. That it shall be the duty of the commission named in the °°°°°'m°°°" preceding section, imder the direction of the Secretary of War, to open or repair such roads as may be necessary to the purposes of the park, and to ascertain and mark with historical tablets or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine, all lines of battle of the troops engaged m the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and other histori- Rm,mmh, we cal points o interest dpertaining to the battle within the ark or its •¢¤· and the said commission in establishing this military ark shall have authority, under the direction of the Secretary of &Va.r to employ such labor and services and to obtain such supplies and material as may be necessary to the establishment of said park, under such regulations as he may consider best for the interest of the Government, and the Secretary of War shall make and enforce all needed regulations for the care of that-park. ¤¤r¤¤¢ pcdtims or O Sec. 6. That it shall be lawf for any State that had troops engaged M "' m the battle of Guilford Courthouse to enter upon the lands of the Guilford _Courthouse National Military Park for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the lines of battle of its troops engaged m of San therein: Provided, That before ang such lines are permanently esigwypuwa. nated the positron of the lmes an the proposed methods of marking them, by monuments, tablets, or otherwise, shall be submitted to an approved by the Secretary of War; and all such lines, designs, and Escrgptrons forfthp same shall first receive the written approval of e cret o ar. ,,,f,:°f,,§¥_{;}'P;'g,g'f_§,*’;t Sec. 7. Tgat if any person shall, except by permission of the Seci¤- retary of War, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, statues, memorial struct1u·es, or work of art that shall erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for the protection or ornamentation of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure anmee, brush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or s cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle rehc,_tree, or trees growing or being upon said park, or hnmt within the limits of the park, any person so offending and formduipilt thereof before any justice of the peace of the county of G ord; State of North Carolina, shall, for each and every such offense, forfeit and pay a ine, in the discretion of the justice, according to the ag a- vation of the offense, of not less than $5 nor more than $50, oneilalf mu or am to el. for the use of the park and the other half to the informer, to be ¤’¤¤¤r· recovered bleforl; such justitgalain lik; mauiiiot 88 debt? _ urearenow wrecovera intes' un o Gm1r0rd,sme of North Cgrolina. N °° ty Approved, March 2, 1917.