146 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 90

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 of Maryland
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, and said certificate also
to bear the endorsement of the Commander of the Department
of Maryland, Grand Army of the Republic, or of the Com-
mander, President of the Association of the Maryland Line,
as to the service of the deceased.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in no case shall the ex-
pense of interment be paid when the deceased is buried in a
cemetery or county plot used exclusively for interment of
paupers or public charges.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the sum of Fifteen Hun-
dred Dollars, or so much thereof, as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated and shall be available from June 1st,
1916, to March 31, 1917, and a like sum from June 1st, 1917,
to June 1st, 1918, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
for the objects above mentioned; and of the sum of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars herein appropriated the sum of Seven Hun-
dred and Fifty Dollars ($750. 00), and no more, shall be an-
nually applied to and be disbursed for the payment of the in-
terment of United States soldiers, sailors and marines, and
Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750. 00), and no more,
shall be annually applied to and be disbursed for the interment
of Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first day of June, Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen.

Approved March 21st, 1916.