Section
286, R.S. § 4881; act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291,
36 Stat. 1167, provided penalty for defacing cemeteries. See section
901 of Title
38, Veterans’ Benefits.
Section
287, R.S. § 4882, related to jurisdiction of United States upon purchase of any national cemetery with consent of any State legislature.
Section
288, acts Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 225, title II,
43 Stat. 926; Apr. 15, 1926, ch. 146, title II,
44 Stat. 287; Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 167, title II,
44 Stat. 1138; Mar. 23, 1928, ch. 232, title II,
45 Stat. 354; Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 366, title II,
45 Stat. 1375; June 30, 1954, ch. 425, § 101,
68 Stat. 331; July 15, 1955, ch. 370, title III,
69 Stat. 360; July 2, 1956, ch. 490, title III,
70 Stat. 479, prohibited expenditure of any appropriation for maintenance of more than a single approach to any national cemetery.
Section
289, act May 23, 1941, ch. 130,
55 Stat. 191, provided for conveyance to State or municipality of approach road to national cemetery. See section
2404
(f) of Title
38, Veterans’ Benefits.
Section
290, act July 27, 1953, ch. 245, § 101,
67 Stat. 197, prohibited encroachment by railroad on rights of way. See section
2404 of Title
38.