Amending sections 356 and 365 of the act entitled "An Act To Establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1901, to increase the maximum sum allowable by the court out of the assets of a decedent's estate as a preferred charge for his or her funeral expenses from $600 to $1,000. March 23 (legislative day, March 18), 1949. -- Ordered to be printed. [electronic resource]