Hospitals & Asylums
Chapter 7 National Cemeteries
Sec. 271 Manner of
acquisition of land
Sec. 271a State
donations of land
Sec. 272 Appraisement of
real estate
Sec. 273 Payment of
appraised value
Sec. 274 Superintendent
of cemeteries
Sec. 275 Selection of
superintendents
Sec. 276 Fuel and
quarters for superintendents
Sec. 277 Superintendent
of Antietam Battlefield
Sec. 278 Care and
maintenance of cemeteries
Sec. 279 Inclosure, headstones, and registers
Sec. 279a Headstones for
unmarked graves of Civil War soldiers, members of armed forces, reserve
components, National Guard, Air National Guard, and Reserve Officers Training
Corps; compilation of list; inscription of names on Memorial
Sec. 279b Same; rules
and regulations
Sec. 279c Same; preservation
of records
Sec. 279d Markers to
honor memory of certain Armed Forces personnel
Sec. 280 Headstones in
private cemeteries; records
Sec. 280a Confederate
soldiers; headstones for graves; preservation of records
Sec. 280b Standard headstone
or marker in cemeteries where stone markers are unacceptable
Sec. 281 Persons to be
buried in national cemeteries; evidence of right\
Sec. 281a Utilization of
surplus military real property for cemeteries
Sec. 281b Same;
expansion of existing cemeteries; limitation of area
Sec. 281c Same;
regulations by Secretary of the Army
Sec. 281d Utilization of
surplus military real property for cemeteries at Fort Logan, Colo.
Sec. 281e Same;
selection of lands; care and maintenance; size
Sec. 281f Same; rules
and regulations by Secretary of Army
Sec. 281g Expansion of
existing cemeteries
Sec. 282 Burial of
Confederate Veterans
Sec. 283 Cemetery near
City of Mexico
Sec. 284 Regulations for
cemetery in Mexico
Sec. 285 Burial grounds
of Zachary Taylor as national cemetery
Sec. 286 Penalty for
defacing cemeteries
Sec. 287 Jurisdiction of
United States
Sec. 288 Single approach
to cemeteries authorized
Sec. 289 Conveyance to
State or municipality of approach road to national security
Sec. 290 Encroachment by
railroad on rights-of-way
Sec. 291 Arlington
Memorial Amphitheater; commission to make recommendations for inscriptions,
entombments, etc.
Sec. 292 Same; chairman
and executive and disbursing officer of commission
Sec. 293 Same; specific
authorization from Congress for inscriptions, entombments, etc.
Sec. 294 Same;
restrictions on inscriptions, entombments, etc.
Sec. 295 Same; character
of inscriptions, etc.
Sec. 295a Arlington
Memorial Amphitheater
Sec.
296 Preservation of historic graveyards in abandoned military posts;
conveyance to grantees