. Gettysburg and Lincoln; . , such personalproperty and effects and all such portions of saidbattle-grounds as may be necessary, or convenient,to promote and accomplish the object of its incor-poration ; to enclose, and perpetuate, said groundsand defences; to keep them in repair and a state ofpreservation; to construct and maintain waysand roads; to improve and ornament the grounds;and to erect and promote the erection, by voluntarycontributions, of structures and works of art andtaste thereon, adapted to designate the spots ofspecial interest; to commemorate the great deedsof valor, enduranc
. Gettysburg and Lincoln; . , such personalproperty and effects and all such portions of saidbattle-grounds as may be necessary, or convenient,to promote and accomplish the object of its incor-poration ; to enclose, and perpetuate, said groundsand defences; to keep them in repair and a state ofpreservation; to construct and maintain waysand roads; to improve and ornament the grounds;and to erect and promote the erection, by voluntarycontributions, of structures and works of art andtaste thereon, adapted to designate the spots ofspecial interest; to commemorate the great deedsof valor, endurance, and noble self-sacrifice; andto perpetuate the memory of the heroes, and thesignal events, which render these battle-groundsillustrious. A supplemental act, approved April 24, 1866,authorized the president and directors of the Asso-ciation, by themselves, committees, engineer,surveyor, superintendent, or agents by them ap-pointed, to survey, locate, and lay out roads andavenues from any public road or roads in the vicin-. u B (0 O li .2 Work of the Memorial Association 145 ity of Gettysburg, or of said battle-grounds, toand upon, and also in and through, any portion orportions of said battle-grounds, not, however, pass-ing through any dwelling-house, or any burying-ground, or any place of public worship, and to openand fence, or otherwise enclose, such roads andavenues, the latter of a width not exceeding threehundred feet; and the same maybe laid out so asto embrace any breast-works, or lines of defences,or positions of the forces engaged in the battleof Gettysburg, and with power to plant rows orcolonnades of trees upon said roads and avenues. *Before entering upon and taking possession of landfor these roads or avenues, however, the Asso-ciation was to make ample compensation to theowner or owners; and in case the Association couldnot agree with the owner or owners, like proceed-ings for ascertaining and recovering damages onaccount of taking and appropriating such landss
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