Chapter 2567. To authorize the Natchez Electric Street Railway and Power Company to construct and operate an electric railway along the national cemetery roadway at Natchez, Mississippi
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CHAP. 2567.— An Act To authorize the Natchez Electric Street Railway and Power Company to construct and operate an electric railway along the national cemetery roadway at Natchez, Mississippi. March 2, 1907. [[H. R. 19751](/us/bill/34/hr/19751).] [[Public, No. 226](/us/pl/34/226).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Natchez, Miss.Natchez Electric Street Railway and Power Company granted right of way along national cemetery roadway at.
That permission is hereby given to the Natchez Electric Street Railway and Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, their associates, successors, heirs, and assigns, to erect, construct, operate, and maintain an electric railway over and along the national cemetery road at Natchez, Mississippi, from said city of Natchez northward to the northern boundary of the Government right of way for said road: *Provisos.*Requirements. *Provided*, That a minimum width of thirty feet of the roadway over and above that used by the railway tracks’ be left all along the said road for a driveway, sidewalks, and gutters: that the licensees, their associates, successors, heirs, and assigns shall repair all damage done to the Government roadway by the construction of their line of railway and shall maintain their railway and so much of said roadway as shall be occupied by said railway, including the space between said railway tracks and a strip two feet wide along the outside of said railway tracks on each side thereof, in a proper state of repair thereafter:
Revocable license. *And provided further*, That said electric railway shall be constructed, operated, and maintained under a revocable license to be issued by the Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.Secretary of War and 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, March 2, 1907.