Chapter 152. To authorize George T
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CHAP. 152.— An Act To authorize George T. Houston and Frank B. Houston to construct and operate an electric railway over the national cemetery road at Vicksburg, Mississippi. January 18, 1907. [[H. R. 14811](/us/bill/59/hr/14811).] [[Public, No. 17](/us/pl/59/17).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That permission is hereby National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.Right of way granted over road to.given to George T.
Houston and Frank B. Houston, their associates, successors, and assigns, to erect, construct, operate, and maintain an electric railway over and along the national cemetery road at Vicksburg, Mississippi, from said city of Vicksburg northward to the northern boundary of the Government right of way for said road: *Provided*, That a minimum width of thirty feet of the roadway, over *Provisos.*Driveway, etc.and above that used by the railway tracks, be left all along said road for a driveway, sidewalk, and gutters; that the licensees, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall repair all damage done to the 850Government roadway by the construction of their line of railway, and shall maintain their railway and said roadway within the tracks and for two feet on each side of the tracks in proper state of repair thereafterSecretary of War to approve plans, etc.: *And provided further*, That said electric railway shall be constructed, operated, and maintained according to plans and specifications to be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by him.
Approved, January 18, 1907.