668 LAWS or MARYLAND. [Ch. 469]

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 468.

AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Fidelity Savings Bank of
Frostburg, Maryland, by repealing section 2 of Chapter 268
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1904, by which said
Charter was amended.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 469.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses
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 of
the United States and Confederate States between the years
1861-1865 are fast being depleted and the number of old
soldiers and sailors passing away is largely increasing; and,

WHEREAS, The burden upon the survivors in providing a decent
burial for those that pass away without leaving any estate is
becoming too great to 'be borne by them; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the expense of the interment of the bodies of
deceased soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the United
States or Confederate States Army and Navy between the years
1861-1865, and where honorably discharged, shall be paid by
the State of Maryland; provided, that the expenses of said inter-
ment shall not exceed in any one case more than thirty-five
dollars; and provided, that said expenses 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 further enacted, That the comptroller of
the treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
issue his warrant on the treasurer of the State to pay the