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Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi: Warren County Granted Easement for Highway Access
An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant and convey to the county of Warren a perpetual easement for public highway purposes over and upon a portion of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi, approved April 20,1928 (45 Stat. 434)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant and convey to the county of Warren, State of Mississippi, a perpetual easement for the construction and maintenance of a public highway on the Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, at such location and under such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of War: 

PROVISO. COUNTY TO PAY COST

Provided, That the county of Warren shall perform at its own cost and expense such work as the Secretary of War may require incident to the construction and maintenance of said highway.

REVERSION FOR NON-USER

SEC. 2. No part of the property granted and conveyed by the Secretary of War for the purposes aforesaid shall be used for any other than highway purposes and when said property shall cease to be so used it shall revert to the United States of America. 
USS Cairo ca. 1862  

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The USS Cairo was only in service for 11 months before making history as the first U.S. marine vessel to be sunk by an electronically denotated mine.

Last Updated: August 22, 2006 at 15:11 EST