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1400 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 285.. 1911. ¤¤¤¢¤d *0 ¤i¤¢i¤ No art of any appropriation for national- cemeteries or the repair °°pr°°°h'" of road)ways thereto shallp be expended in the maintenance of more t an a single ap roach to an national cemetery. _ _ _ Bum! ¤f i¤¤i¢¢¤= Burial ofp indigent soldiers: For expenses of burivirgrgin the Arhngton °°m°”` National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the _ trrct of Columbia, indigent ex—Union soldiers, ex-sailors,.or· ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding forty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be·pa1d out of the ` revenues of the District of Columbia. _ ¤¢{—d¤¤¤*¤¤ **•*¤°· Antietam battlefield: For repair and preservation of monuments,

em. tablets, obser·vation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made

and constructed by the United States upon public lands within the limits of the Antietam battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, three thousand dollars. _ B“P°'”*'““d°¤'~ For pay of superintendent of Antietam battlefield, said superintendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster’s De artment and to be selected and appointed by the_Secretary of Wiir, at his discretion, the person se ected and appomted to this osition to be an horiorably discharged Union sol rer, one thousand five hundred dollars.- _ _ _ 1¤*¤>r¤¤¤:)¤f¢· gg-- vi Dispositionof remains of officers, soldiers, crvihan employees, and warren. ew. °°”’ so forth: For the expenses of interment, or oglpreparation and transgortation to their homes or to such nation cemeteries as may be esignated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remams of officers, including acting assistant surgeons, and enlisted men of the Army active list; for the expenses of interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil employees of the y in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, inclusive of Alaska, or on Army transnsmmirmmanuu- ports; for the expenses of removal of remains from abandoned posts ‘1°"°‘"’°"* to permanent milrtariy posts or national cemeteries, including the remains of federal so diers, sailors, or marines interred in fields or abandoned private and city cemeteries; and in any case where the expenses of burial or shipment of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the m§girgp`¤:1¤‘rsemeut to Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Govemment for such services, to be paid out of the funds appropriated by this Act, but no reimbursernent shall be made under_ this Act of such expenses incurred prior to the first day of July, mneteen hundred and ten, fifty-seven thousand five hundred. dollars. · Chggnzeamnmoma. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago: For care, pro- °g°‘ tectron, and maintenance of the plat of und known as "Confederate Mound" in Oakwood Cemetery, C§cago, two hundred and ‘ iiflg dollars. gg-gglkgpkhgpgéut urral of deceased indigent patients: The unexpended balance of umm the appropriation made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and Mfr. r-Am eleven or expenses of burying in the Little Rock, Arkansas, N&tl0I18l Cemetery, mcluding transportation thereto, indigent ex-soldiers, ex—sarlors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular gr volariteentwhc; hawise bleen honorably discharged or retired and who ie w 1 e pa ren s a the Army and Navy eneral H ital Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be disbursed by the Secretary of Weir? at a cost notlexceedpig tguritydive dogarsgor such burial expenses in each case, exc usrve 0 cos 0 grave, is ere reappropriated mad ailab im- the fiscal year nineteen hundiied tgelve. md 6 av 16