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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 348 -JUNE 11, 1938 adstones. 34 Stat special Act of Congress; headstones for unmarked graves of soldiers, 56; 38 Stat. 768; 45 sailors, and marines under the Acts approved March 3, 1873 (24 Stat. 1307 . S24 .7s. .O§2, U. S. C . 279), February 3, 1879 (24 U. S. C . 280), March 9, 1906 280, 28oa. (34 Stat. 56), March 14, 1914 (38 Stat. 768), and February 26, 1929 Recovery of bodies, (24 U. S. C. 280a), and civilians interred in post cemeteries; recovery of bodies and disposition of remains of military personnel and civilian 45 Stat. 251 . employees of the Army under Act approved March 9, 1928 (10 10U. S.C. §916. U. S. C. 916); travel allowances of attendants accompanying remains Monuments, etc., of military personnel and civilian employees; for repairs and preser- in Cuba and China. vation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the Confederate ceme- places where American soldiers fell; care, protection, and maintenance teries,etc. of the Confederate Mound in Oakwood Cemetery at Chicago, the Confederate Stockade Cemetery at Johnstons Island, the Confederate burial plats owned by the United States in Confederate Cemetery at North Alton, the Confederate Cemetery, Camp Chase, at Columbus, the Confederate Cemetery at Point Lookout, and the Confederate Cemetery at Rock Island; and for care and maintenance of graves used by the Army for burials in commercial cemeteries, $1,719,840, and in addition, $25,000 of the appropriation "Cemeterial Expenses, 50 Stat. 515. War Department, 1938", such amount of such appropriation being hereby reappropriated, and of the total of such sums, $53,450 shall be Fort Bliss National available for the development of the Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Cemetery, Tex. 49 Stat. 1514. as authorized by the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1514), and not in Acquisition of land, excess of $170,000 shall be available for the acquisition of land in the San Francisco. Calif. ^a vicinity of San Francisco, California, at an average cost of not to Encroachments or- exceed $1,000 per acre: Provided, That no railroad shall be permitted bidden. upon any right-of-way which may have been acquired by the United States leading to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained by the United States: strcteoadway repirs Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. State, etc., of U.. The Secretary of War is authorized to convey to any State, county, interest in any ap- municipality, or proper agency thereof, in which the same is located, proach road, national cemetery. all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Government owned or controlled approach road in any national Ac'cepance and cemetery: Provided, That prior to the delivery of any instrument maintenance provi- of conveyance hereunder, the State, county, municipality, or agency to which the conveyance herein authorized is to be made, shall notify the Secretary of War in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the road included in such conveyance: Provided further, tioranser ofurisdic- That upon the execution and delivery of any conveyance herein authorized, the jurisdiction of the Uniited States of Amecerica over the road conveyed, shall cease and determine and shall thereafter vest in the State in which said road is located. Signal Corps. SIGNAL CORPS Alaska Communica- Ationaska ysComm ALASKA COMMUTNICATION SYSTEM tion System. Operation" improve- For operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Alaska Communication System, including travel allowances and travel in kind as authorized by law, and operation and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, $187,600, to be derived from the receipts of the Alaska Communication System which have been covered into . the Treasury of the United States, and to remain available until Reportto C ongress.the close of the fiscal year 1940: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress the extent and cost of any extensions and betterments which may be effected under this appropriation. 668 [52 STAT.

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