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person so named for the said sum of three hundred dollars
(|300).

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1910.

CHAPTER 548.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to defray the ex-
penses of the interment of the bodies of deceased soldiers,
sailors and mariners 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 is fast being depleted and the number of the 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 expenses of the interment of the bodies of de-
ceased sailors, soldiers and mariners who served in the United
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 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
soldier, sailor or marine left no estate, and that the death
occurred in the State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. 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 expense
hereinbefore mentioned; that before the Comptroller shall
issue said warrant there shall be presented to him, with an
itemized 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 Commissioners living nearest
the place where the deceased shall have lived, or the certificate
of a health officer; said certificate also to bear the endorsement
of the Commander of the Department of Maryland, Grand
Army of the Republic, or of the commander, president of the