Chapter 3510. Authorizing a license and permit to the Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company to construct a track or tracks through the Shiloh National Park, and to operate electric cars thereon
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CHAP. 3510.— An Act Authorizing a license and permit to the Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company to construct a track or tracks through the Shiloh National Park, and to operate electric cars thereon. June 21, 1906. [[H. R 16125](/us/bill/59/hr/16125).] [[Public, No. 261](/us/pl/59/261).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Shiloh National Park. Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company granted right of way through.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, and upon the favorable recommendation of the Shiloh National Park Commission, to permit and license the Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company to lay a track or tracks through the Shiloh National Park and operate electric cars through said park: *Provided,* That such license and*Proviso.*Conditions. permit shall only become or be operative on the condition that the track or tracks and roadbed of the said Corinth and Shiloh Railway Company, and the right of way for any and all extensions of the road of the said company to and through the said national park, shall firstApproval of location, etc. be definitely fixed and located upon a line or lines which shall be satisfactory to and approved by the said Shiloh National Park Commission and the Secretary of War, in writing, and no part of said line or lines of road, after being so located, established, built, or constructed, shall be changed, moved, or extended without the consent in writing of said commission and said Secretary thereto being first had and obtained, and upon the further condition that an agreement satisfactory to the said commission and approved by it and said Secretary of War shall be entered into on the part of the said railway company for the proper maintenance of said track or tracks and its roadbed. and to keep same at all times in proper repair and condition, and said license and permit and all rights of said company thereunder shall be terminable by the Secretary of War, in whole or in part, at any time, without compensation.
Approved, June 21, 1906.