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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage ; and, further, that all Acts incon-

sistent with the provisions hereof are hereby so far amended.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 663.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to defray the ex-

penses of the interment of the bodies of deceased soldiers,

sailors and marines who served in the United or Confederate

States Army or Navy between the years 1861-1865.

WHEREAS, The ranks of the men who fought in the service

United States
and Confed-

of the United States and Confederate States between the years

erate vet-

of 1861-1865 is fast being depleted, and the number of the old

erans.

soldiers and sailors passing away is largely increasing ; and

WHEREAS, The burden upon the survivors in providing a

Decent burial.

decent burial for those that pass away without leaving any

estate is becoming too great to be borne by them ; now, there-

fore,

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, of Mary-

Expenses of

land, That the expenses of the interment of the bodies of de-

interment to
be met by the

ceased soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the United

State.

States or Confederate States Army or Navy between the years

1861-1865, and were honorably discharged, shall be paid by

the State of Maryland; provided, that the expense of such

interment shall not exceed in any one case more than thirty-

five dollars ; and provided, that said expense shall only be borne

by the State of Maryland in the event that such deceased sol-

dier, sailor or marine left no estate, and that the death occurred

in the State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller of the

Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to issue

Certificate of

his warrant on the Treasurer of the State to pay the expenses

burial to be

hereinbefore mentioned; that before the Comptroller shall is-

endorsed by
officers of or-

sue said warrant there shall be presented to him with an item-

ganization.

ized bill of the undertaker, a certificate of death, stating the

name and age of the deceased, together with the cause of

death, if the deceased was buried in Baltimore City, and if the

deceased was buried in one of the counties of the State then

a certificate of the County Commissioner living nearest the

place where the deceased shall have lived, or the certificate of

a health officer; said certificate also to bear the endorsement