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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 130-MAY 23, 1941 remains of personnel of the Army of the United States who die while on active duty; expenses authorized by Act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 743), incident to remains, dependents, and property of employees dying while in a travel status or on duty in a territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country; travel allowances of attendants accompanying remains of military personnel and civilian employees; for repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the places where American soldiers fell; care, protection, and maintenance of the Confederate Mound in Oak- wood 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 Ceme- tery, 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 com- mercial cemeteries, $2,765,626: Provided, That no railroad shall be permitted 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: Providedfurther, 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. The Secretary of War is authorized to convey to any State, county, municipality, or proper agency thereof, in which the same is located, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Government owned or controlled approach road to any national ceme- tery: Provided, That prior to the delivery of any instrument of con- veyance hereunder, the State, county, municipality, or agency to which the conveyance herein authorized is to be made, shall notify the Secre- tary of War in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the road included in such conveyance: Provided further, That upon the execution and delivery of any conveyance herein authorized the juris- diction of the United States of America over the road conveyed shall cease and determine and shall thereafter vest in the State in which said road is located. SIGNAL CORPS ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM For operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Alaska Com- munication System, including travel allowances and travel in kind as authorized by law, and operation and maintenance of passenger- carrying vehicles, $222,744, 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 the close of the fiscal year 1943: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress the extent and cost of any extensions and better- ments which may be effected under this appropriation: Provided fur- ther, That hereafter charges for interconnection between the radio- telephone facilities of this system and commercial telephone facilities may be paid from the receipts of the Alaska Communication System. CORPS OF ENGINEERS RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL To be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engi- neers, and to remain available until expended: Transporting re- mains, etc. Confederate ceme- teries. Provisos. Encroachment pro- hibited. Roadway repairs. Conveyance of cer- tain roads to State. Provisos. Conditions. Jurisdiction. Provisos. Report to Congress. Payment of charges.

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