Pennsylvania Act 1923-62 — VETERANS' GRAVES, DECORATION OF

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VETERANS' GRAVES, DECORATION OF
                  Act of Apr. 23, 1923, P.L. 88, No. 62               Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     To require counties to cause the graves of honorably discharged
        soldiers, sailors, and marines to be decorated with flags on
        Memorial Day.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 1051 of Act 447 of 1929 provided
            that Act 62 is repealed except insofar as it relates to
            counties of the first class.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of
     the county commissioners of each county to provide flags, on
     each Memorial Day, with which to decorate the graves of all
     honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines buried
     within the county. The flags to be used for said purposes shall
     be of one standard size and shall be purchased at the expense of
     the county from moneys in the county treasury.
        Section 2.  The said flags shall be furnished to various
     veterans' organizations in such numbers as they shall require
     for their respective communities.
        Section 3.  The moneys expended by any county, under the
     provisions of this act, shall be in addition to moneys now
     required or permitted by law to be appropriated by counties for
     Memorial Day purposes.