Chapter 1641. To provide for the establishment of a public crematorium in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 1641.— An Act To provide for the establishment of a public crematorium in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. April 20, 1906. [[H. R. 14578](/us/bill/34/hr/14578).] [[Public, No. 112](/us/pl/34/112).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That whenever the dead bodyDistrict of Columbia.Crematorium established. of any person who has died from smallpox, Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, the plague, leprosy, glanders, scarlet, fever, diphtheria, or epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis comes into the custody of any officer, employee, or agent of the District of Columbia to be disposed of at public expense, the said officer, employee, or agent shall cause said body to be incinerated.
Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, andLocation. they are hereby, authorized and directed to erect and operate on reservation thirteen, commonly known as the Washington Asylum grounds, in the city of Washington, in said District, a crematorium of size sufficient for the incineration of all bodies that can not, except at public expense, be disposed of within a reasonable time after death, and for the incineration of such other bodies as may be presented for that purpose by the persons having custody thereof.
Said Commissioners areEnforcement of regulations. hereby authorized to make and enforce all rules necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of said crematorium, and to prescribeFees for incineration. and collect for the incineration of bodies not necessarily disposed 124of at public expense fees in such amounts as may be required to defray *Proviso*.Waiver or reduction of charges allowed.the cost of incineration: *Provided*, That in any case the Commissioners may, by special order, waive or reduce the usual charges whenever, in the opinion of said Commissioners, to enforce such charges would be burdensome or oppressive upon the person or persons responsible for Receipts.the disposal of the remains.
All fees collected under the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, and be deposited by him in the Treasury of the United States, one-half to the credit of the United States and one-half to the credit of the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. Law for “promotion of anatomical science, etc.,” not affected.Vol. 32, p. 173. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or in any way modifying any of the provisions of an Act entitled “ An Act for the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia,” approved April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two.
Sec. 4. Appropriation. That for the construction of a crematorium on reservation thirteen, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and of all necessary approaches thereto, and for all necessary grading and fencing, for the equipment of said crematorium, and for the maintenance and operation of said crematorium until the thirtieth day of June next following its completion, there be, and is hereby, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars out of any money in the Treasury One-half from District revenues.not otherwise appropriated, one-half payable out of the funds of the United States and one-half out of the funds of the District of Columbia.