The county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth are hereby required to appropriate annually to each post in their respective counties, or to a regular organized Memorial Day or similar organization where there was heretofore an established post,--in which latter case a certified list of expenditures shall be furnished the said commissioners,--a sum not to exceed fifty dollars, to aid in defraying expenses of Memorial Day: Provided, That if, upon the certificate of such organization, it appears to the county commissioners that the said organization decorated or will decorate over five hundred (500) graves, the said county commissioners may pay to the said organization the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars.
16 P.S. § 7926