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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 235. 1920. 895 and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at na yards and stations of the United States, and other burial laces, unvder the Acts of March $,;f·§,°°·*8;’8iP\§’f,‘§· 3, 1873, February 3, 1879, and Marcli) 9, 1906; continuing the work 34.p-`56·'p' ’ ` of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of civilians mterred in 396. V0, post cemeteries imder the Acts of April 28, 1904, and June 30, 1906; $4,1*--741: p` ` and furnishing headstones for the unmarked graves of Confederate C°“‘°d°’°“”· soldiers, sailors, and marines in national cemeteries, $100,000. For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been ,,f°P°*”· *° ’°¤d· constructed by special authority of Congress, $18,000: Provided, That Iysrévivceno railroads sha be permitted u on the right of wa which may have §{§,,_b’ been acquired by the United gtates to a national cemetery, or to encroach u on any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained b Sie United States: Promkled further, That no part of this Restrictionsum shall7be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. , No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair pr{,’;°.,i:F°d '° °n° °p' of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of more than a single approach to any national cemeteigy. For expenses of burying in the Arlington ational Cemetery, or Solfhvgigletf g¤dg€°¤* in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union sol- ’ " ` diers, ex-sailors, or ex—ma.rines, of the United States service, either Re lar or Volunteer, who have been honorably discha ed or retired angu who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding $45 for such buria explenses m$',QeS*f°¤¤ District in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, $1,000, one—half of whic sum A1¤¢,p·837. shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. _ Antietam battle field: For re air and preservation of monuments, aéi‘.fi}§,"m b“m° tablets, observation tower, roadg, and fences, and so forth, made and P’°°°"°“°¤·°'=¤· constructed by the United States iéplon public lands within the limits of the Antietam battle field, near arpsburg, Maiélyland, $7,500. For pay of superintendent of Antietam b_attle eld, said superin· S¤P°*’i¤*°¤d°¤*- tendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster Corps and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion the person selected for this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, $1,500. Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees: mpmmnpufn or rg. For interment, cremation (only upon request from relatives o the dim,°{L,° °°”’ °°` deceased), or preparation and transportation to their homes or to °'°*¤°“°¤¤“°°'°°· such national cemeteries as may be esignated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretaix of War, of the remams of officers, cadets, United States Military cademy, including acting assistant surgeons and enlisted men m active service, and accepted applicants for enlistment· interment, or preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civ employpes of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die a road, in Alaska, the Canal Zone, or on Army tfallsiiliats, or who die while on duty in the field or at military posts wit the limits of the United States; interment of military prisoners who die at military posts; for the interment and shipment to their homes of remains of enlisted men who are discharged in hospitals in the United States and contmue as inmates of said hospitals to the date of their death, and for interment of prisoners of war and interned alien enemies who die at prison _ _ camps in the United States; removal of remains from abandoned m§;g‘gQ';ggn£”;g;tgf posts to permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including em. the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines, interred in fields or abandoned private and city cemeteries; and in arg case where the _ gieiigbalurgemeat no expenses of burial or Shipment of the remains of officers_or_enl1sted m " “ men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services out of this