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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 384. 1910. 723 For the erection of a monument over the grave of Brigadier—General Sh*§gg;, Gm- J¤¤¤¤¤ James Shields in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, at Carrollton, Missouri, as Mi-miimeui, Carrollauthorized by the Act a proved March fifteenth, nineteen hundred °°§‘;,,§2°,;_ 1591 and ten, three thousand dbllars. Repairing roadways to national cemeteries: For repairs to road- wfgmim *0 mdways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special y _ authority of Congress,. twelve thousand dollars: Prmrided, That no §f,'§}';,",Q_§3,,,,,,,,,,, by railroad shall be permitted u on the right of way which may have ¤~¤¤>¤¤¤f¤¤>idd¤¤· been acquired by the Unitedp States to a national cemetery, or to encroach u on any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained b tihe United States: Provided further, That no part of this B¢¤m¤¤¤¤— sum shalllbe used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate hmits of any city, town, or village. No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair u  °° ¤i¤8l° of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of more pp ` than a single aplproach to any national cemetery. _ For the comp etion of a protective fence along the roadway leading §§,§,'§f,_§_Y· m· from Mounds to the national cemetery near Mound City, Pulaski Count, Illinois, and for the drainage of the ponds or borrow pits caused, by the construction of said roadway, three thousand dollars, to be expended under the Quartermaster-General. Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana: The act of sale by the New Orleans Terminal Company, dated July twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, conveying certain lands and servitudes to the United States for the enlargement of the Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana, in exchange for the right to close the river road, be, and the same is hereb, accepted as sufficient title to the premises described therein, for the pu of the expenditure of any moneys appropriated, or which may iii; appropriated, for the improvement ””% m‘T.i“t?““.f°" °f “i‘.3F“‘*’°i·— at 1. Arh B rm ¤ Mz · uri o in i entso `ers: orex nses ur in int e `ngton “ ° °¤ National Cemetiry, or in the cemetiiiiies of the Igistgict of Columbia Mmm` indigent ex-Union soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding forty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. . Antietam battlefield: For re air and preservation of monuments, ¤e*}d¤°*<**¤¤¤ ¤¤¢¤¤- tablets, observation tower, roadb, and fences, and so forth, made and Repairs,etc. constructed by the United States u on public lands within the limits of the Antietam battlefield, near Siiarpsburg, Maryland, three thousand dollars. For pay of superintendent of Antietam battlefield, said superin- S“P°"‘“‘°°“’°“° _ tendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermas— ter’s Department and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected and appointed to this osition to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, one thousand five hundred dollars. Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, civilian employees, and ,,e§,’,§§,§;"°§§· gfggegf so forth: For the expenses of interment, or of preparation and trans- ¤¤1<1i¤rS.¢w· i portation to their homes or to such national cemeteries as may be designated by proper authority, iii the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remains of officers, including acti assistant surgeons, and enlisted men of the army active list; for the expenses of interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil employees of the army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, inclusive of Alaska, or on army transports; for the expenses of removal of remains from abandoned posts dR¤¤¤¤v·¤ ¥¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· to permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including the °°°d wu