The following described portion of the old capitol grounds is dedicated and appropriated for the purpose of establishing a confederate monumental park, and protecting and preserving the confederate monument now erected, and any that may be hereafter erected thereon. Beginning at the southwest corner of the present capitol grounds, at junction of Pearl and State Streets, thence running north along the east side of State Street two hundred and thirty-four feet; thence east at a right angle to said State Street, three hundred feet; thence south parallel with State Street, two hundred and thirty-four feet to Pearl Street; thence along north side of Pearl Street to point of beginning.Codes, 1906, § 3297; Hemingway's 1917, § 5733; 1930, § 5563; 1942, § 6020; Laws, 1902, ch. 76.
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