The Mayor is authorized to pay a sum not exceeding $300 in any 1 case to defray the funeral expenses of any deceased member dying while in the service thereof.
D.C. Code § 5-720
Funeral expenses
Sept. 1, 1916, 39 Stat. 718, ch. 433, § 12(l); Aug. 21, 1957, 71 Stat. 397, Pub
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