24 U.S.C. § 16 — Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals

Page 2 TITLE 24—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS §§ 7 to 12 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.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1990—Pub. L. 101–510 struck out ‘‘naval home or’’ be- fore ‘‘naval hospital’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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, formerly set out as an Effective Date note under sec- tion 401 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Act June 15, 1943, ch. 125, § 3, 57 Stat. 153, provided that this section is effective July 1, 1943. §§ 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 Repealed.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 sec- tion 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 fami- lies 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 Act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561.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, pro- vided 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 em- ployees on canal boats in coasting trade from hospital care. See section 249 of Title 42. Editorial Notes 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 dis- eases affecting the public health, and not to ex- ceed 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 pref- erence to such plans as with most convenience and least cost will admit of subsequent addi- tions, when the funds permit and circumstances require; and shall provide, at one of the estab- lishments, a permanent asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines: Provided, That no sites shall be procured or hos- pital buildings erected or extensions to existing hospitals made unless authorized by Congress. (R.S. § 4810; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 148, 37 Stat. 902.) Editorial Notes 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 hos- pitals Commencing with the fiscal year 1944, annual appropriations in such amounts as may be nec- essary 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 gen- eral charge and superintendence of Navy hos- pitals. (R.S. § 4807.) Editorial Notes 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 ad- mitted into a Navy hospital, the institution shall be allowed one ration per day during his continuance therein, to be deducted from the ac- count of the United States with such officer, seaman, or marine. (R.S. § 4812.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 4812 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 5, 2 Stat. 650. § 16a. Additional personnel for patients of De- partment of Veterans Affairs in naval hos- pitals On and after May 29, 1945, additional commis- sioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civil- ian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the De- partment of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals,