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Public Law 64–80
To continue in effect the provisions of the Act of March ninth, nineteen hundred and six.
Approved April 17, 1916
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To continue in effect the provisions of the Act of March ninth, nineteen hundred and six.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act entitled “An
Confederate soldiers rand sailors.
Marking graves of, who died in northern prisons.
Act to provide for the appropriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy who died in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died,
Vol. 34, p. 56.
and for other purposes,” approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six; and continued in full force and effect for two years by joint
Vol. 35, p. 567.
resolution approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and eight; and for the additional period of one year by a joint resolution
Vol. 36, pp. 875, 1453.
approved on February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten; and for the additional period of two years by a joint resolution approved December twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten; and for the further additional period of two years by a joint resolution approved
Vol. 38, p. 768.
March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be, and the same
Time continued.
is hereby, continued in full force and effect for two years from the expiration of the present continuation, March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by said Act of March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, is continued and made applicable for expenditure during the additional
Provisos.
Details required.
period of two years herein provided for: Provided, That the triplicate registers provided for in the original Act shall include the time and
Pay of commissioner
place of death of each Confederate soldier prisoner of war: Provided further, That the compensation of the commissioner shall be fixed by the Secretary of War.
Approved, April 17, 1916.