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deposited into the Treasury of the United States

as miscellaneous receipts.

(June 15, 1943, ch. 125, §3, 57 Stat. 153; Pub. L.

101–510, div. A, title XV, §1533(c)(2), Nov. 5, 1990,

104 Stat. 1736.)

AMENDMENTS

1990—Pub. L. 101–510 struck out ‘‘naval home or’’ before ‘‘naval hospital’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–510 effective one year

after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a) of Pub. L. 101–510,

set out as an Effective Date note under section 401 of

this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 3 of act June 15, 1943, provided that this section is effective July 1, 1943.

CROSS REFERENCES

Deduction of pension, see section 6 of this title.

§§ 7 to 12. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title

XIII, § 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 7, R.S. §4806; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §4, 18

Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, §1, 37 Stat. 309; July 26,

1916, ch. 256, 39 Stat. 390; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201,

205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424,

1425, provided for lease and sale of hospitals. See section 248 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Section 8, acts Aug. 4, 1894, ch. 213, 28 Stat. 229; Jan.

28, 1915, ch. 20, §2, 38 Stat. 801; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, §2,

50 Stat. 548; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff.

July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided

for admission of Coast Guard personnel and their families to hospitals. See section 253 of Title 42. Act Jan. 28,

1915, ch. 20, §2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act

Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561.

Section 9, act June 23, 1913, ch. 3, §1, 38 Stat. 24, provided for hospital relief of officers and employees of the

Public Health Service. See sections 249 and 253 of Title

42.

Section 10, act July 1, 1918, ch. 113, §1, 40 Stat. 694,

provided for hospital relief for officers and crews of the

Fish and Wildlife Service. See section 249 of Title 42.

Section 11, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §6, 18 Stat. 486;

Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, §1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan

No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53

Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for care of foreign seamen. See

section 249 of Title 42.

Section 11a, R.S. §4805; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §6,

18 Stat. 486; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff.

July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided

that foreign vessels were liable for hospital charges for

care of their seamen. See section 249 of Title 42.

Section 12, R.S. §4804, provided for exclusion of employees on canal boats in coasting trade from hospital

care. See section 249 of Title 42.

RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT

For renumbering of act July 1, 1944, which repealed

these sections, see note set out under sections 1, 2 of

this title.

§ 13. Admission of cases for study

There may be admitted into marine hospitals

for study persons with infectious or other diseases affecting the public health, and not to exceed ten cases in any one hospital at one time.

(June 5, 1920, ch. 235, §1, 41 Stat. 884.)

§ 14. Establishment of Navy hospitals

The Secretary of the Navy shall procure at

suitable places proper sites for Navy hospitals,

and if the necessary buildings are not procured

with the site, shall cause such to be erected,

having due regard to economy, and giving preference to such plans as with most convenience

and least cost will admit of subsequent additions, when the funds permit and circumstances

require; and shall provide, at one of the establishments, a permanent asylum for disabled and

decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines:

Provided, That no sites shall be procured or hospital buildings erected or extensions to existing

hospitals made unless authorized by Congress.

(R.S. §4810; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 148, 37 Stat. 902.)

CODIFICATION

R.S. §4810 derived from acts Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, §3,

2 Stat. 650; July 10, 1832, ch. 194, §5, 4 Stat. 573.

§ 14a. Annual appropriations for maintenance,

operation, and improvement of naval hospitals

Commencing with the fiscal year 1944, annual

appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary are authorized from the general fund of

the Treasury for the maintenance, operation,

and improvement of naval hospitals.

(June 15, 1943, ch. 125, §1(c), 57 Stat. 152.)

§ 15. Superintendence of Navy hospitals

The Secretary of the Navy shall have the general charge and superintendence of Navy hospitals.

(R.S. §4807.)

CODIFICATION

R.S. §4807 derived from acts Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, §1,

2 Stat. 650; July 10, 1832, ch. 194, §5, 4 Stat. 573.

§ 16. Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals

For every Navy officer, seaman, or marine admitted into a Navy hospital, the institution

shall be allowed one ration per day during his

continuance therein, to be deducted from the account of the United States with such officer,

seaman, or marine.

(R.S. §4812.)

CODIFICATION

R.S. §4812 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, §5, 2

Stat. 650.

CROSS REFERENCES

Naval patients, deductions for care in other Government hospitals, see section 6201 of Title 10, Armed

Forces.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 10 section 6201.

§ 16a. Additional personnel for patients of Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals

On and after May 29, 1945, additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the

Navy, required for the care of patients of the Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals,

may be employed in addition to the numbers annually appropriated for.