Chapter 211.
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CHAP. 211.— AN ACT Providing for the taking over by the United States Government of the confederate cemetery at Springfield, Missouri. March 3, 1911.[[S. 3501](/us/bill/36/s/3501).][[Public, No. 455](/us/bill/36/pl/455).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un ited States of America in Congress assembled*, That the confederate cemetery near Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, Mo.and which adjoins the national cemetery at that place, Gift of confederate cemetery at, accepted.having been tendered by proper authority to the United States Government, the same is hereby accepted, under the conditions that the Government shall take care of and properly maintain and preserve the cemetery, its monument or monuments, headstones, and other marks of the graves, its walls, gates, and appurtenances; to preserve and Care, etc.keep a record, as far as possible, of the names 1078of those buried therein, with such history of each as can be obtained, and to see that it is never used for any other purpose than as a cemetery for the graves of men who were in the military or naval service of the Confederate States of America: *Provided,**Proviso.*That organized bodies of ex-Confederates or individuals shall have free and unrestricted entry to said cemetery for the purposes of burying worthy ex-Confederates,Use by ex-Con federates.for decorating the graves, and for all other purposes which they have heretofore enjoyed, all under proper and reasonable regulations and restrictions made by the Secretary of War.
Sec.2.That the Secretary of War, under this Act, is directed to take the necessary steps for the proper transfer of the cemeteryAttached to national cemetery.to the Government, and when the same has been duly completed to put it in charge of the keeper of the national cemetery at Springfield, Missouri, requiring him to exercise the same care in the preservation, beautifying, and care taking generally as is done in regard to the national cemetery. Also that a suitable gate or entry way be made in the stone wall which now divides the two cemeteries, so that persons may readily pass from one to the other.
Whatever additional funds may be required for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be paid out of any fund which may be available for the maintenance of national cemeteries. Approved, March 3, 1911.