Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 5464. Memorial Day, Flag Day and Armistice Day expenses by certain cities and towns

The respective authorities of the several cities of the first and second class and second class A and incorporated towns of this Commonwealth are hereby authorized to appropriate, annually, to each camp of the United Spanish War Veterans, and to each post of the American Legion, and to each post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and to each post of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Inc., and to each post of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS), and to each detachment of the Marine Corps League, and to each Naval Association, and to each post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and to each post of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, and to each chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, to each post of the Catholic War Veterans, Inc., and to each post of the Jewish War Veterans, and to each organization of American Gold Star Mothers, and to each post of the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, and to each organization of ex-service men, incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth, in the respective cities or towns, a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars to aid in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day, Flag Day and Armistice Day. Where the Grand Army of the Republic has ceased to exist or to function, such appropriation may be made to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, or in the absence of such order, to a duly constituted organization which conducts the decorating of the graves of Union veterans of the Civil War. Such payments shall be made to defray actual expenses only. Before any payment is made, the organization receiving the same shall submit verified accounts of their expenditures.