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1092 s1xrY-N1Nrr1 CONGRESS. sms. II. cs. 127. 1927. title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States the said land so to be acquired being the land necessary for a purl: of $é•{°$P°I{°g‘%'P’¤· the Elan indicated on the index map sheet filed with the report of ` ' ` ` the attle Field-Commission appointed pursuant to an Act entitled ?‘A.n Act to provide for the inspection of the battle fields in and around Fredericksbuiég and Spotsylvania _Cou1·t House, Virginia," approved on the 7th ay of June, 1,924, said index map sheet bein§ re c;md..to in said report andmparticularly- in the “Combine

 syste:in," descri d 111; slafgidreportéttheb fiigit lg; the

pansmention insai reportun erte e ` ,_ min an-- Antietem system " y being the plan which iis-liiereby adopted, the said land herein authorized to be acquired. bein% such land as the Secreta of War may deem necessary to estab sh Ia park on the

 plan, Antietam system, above referred to, the _particular

' bounldaxziesg of suchland to lined by surveys made previous to the ,u·}§2‘,‘§*"‘° °°q“"° attempt-to B%1lI`B·,tb$,S8II18, and authority 1S hereby. ven to the ' %r•tary .of,» 831: to-acquirelforhthe purpofes of thgs the land a' ve mention or so muc t ereo _ as, e may eem, necessary together with. such existing breastworks, earthwqrlgs, gun gm: . placements,.-walls defenses, shelters, or other historical points as tulig Secretaggkgf wm. mayadeeéagJ11 , glhethciilr asahgwn on ` ’ exmap _tornot an to _ er _ wi suc. itiona asthe Secretary- of war, may deem necessary for monumenlls, markers, tablets, roads, hi hways paths, approaches, and tocarry - out thegenegal purposes 0 this Act. As title IS acquired to arts · of the l,and,_ erem authorized to be,acqu1red,_the Secretary _of_%Var may proceed with the establishment of the Earkpu n such portions so acquired, and the remaining portionsof t e land;) desired shall be respe3.1ivelg.,brp:%1(fht within said park astitles to said portions are seyer y acquir, . - _ ’· · _ . _ Condemnation nm- Sac. {_The Secretar of War is hereb authorized to cause condem- §‘§{““ °° mm nation tgrooeedings tohe instituted in the name the United States V°*·’-"·P·3“- under e provisions of the Act of A1?ust_ 1, 1888, entitled “An Act to authoriamcondeinnation offlands or sites for ublic buildings, and for;othe1£ipurposes’?. (Twenty-fifth Statutes at Barge, page $$7), fi‘i;“°?"”°-ih Zi.? “‘°·i“‘i—dS’d“*°ci§‘t“ “‘°”°h“’s°" f§§i‘°“ *’°"E?”“’2g l`B0.._W1 n _e sai, re err urg an vama ‘ouny Battle Fields Memorial herein above authorizedptz be acquired, and the United States shall ibe entitled to immediate possession ugon the Pt ~ %”"gt°E “‘€hp°r“i°Z‘l1?i“i‘5"§‘id*“€”“F‘<?i-”‘sf}‘° lj¤”‘°°r‘}fZ2’“$Ei $S"f}“ www- our or e a rn 1 mc o rg a: rm: a w en

¤?`”°b°°°° Mm m`;ll;¢;f1>vgner of suchflandls, interests liihegein, cir rights pertginling thereto

x a pr1ce or t e same w ic in t e opinion o t e commis- sion, hereinafter referred to; and the Secretary of 'War, shall be reasonable,·the_ Secretary may purchase thefsame without further ···=>¤*°"““°° ""’°“ °e1;y=·€s*rM ’·1"’r7,.l?*:2* zhzhsrnzsszi We iz-me au omz oaceep on a No e _m aes onaionso

 therein or rights pertaimng thereto reliiuired for the

_ said· ericksburgand Spotsylvania County Battle ields Memo- tpigglgg um ·*•*¤ §ial: sind provziiledésfuwhir, That no publiclinréxiiviz skull be-egaended ' or tit e to any an unti _ “a written 0 inion o ttnrney enera v y shall be had in favor of-the·validit_y oi) title theretoi 1;L I ,,,;i?,’,{’§,'§*,§,‘},§, I Sno. 3.l*‘ll‘heh°Seeretary gf War ig lhlsrelay. enter intg ¤>¤¤¤=¤¤¤¤· easeswit t_r·ownei·s”o-sucho- e an ,wor .. enses,au build` thereon within-the* said Fredericksbur and S + lvania

 Fields Memorial, as in his discretign- it is iindnliycessary

$$01-th(}vith‘acquiti1e m to, andfsach leases shall be on such terms

 itionsas t e retary o ’ ar may prescribe,·and may con-

tain optionsto purchase, suvlyect to later acceptance if—in the judg- ment of the Secretary of ar- it is as economical to purchase 85