24 U.S.C. § 6 — Pension paid to fund for benefit of naval hos-

Page 1 1 So in original. The words ‘‘home or’’ probably should not ap- pear after amendment by Pub. L. 101–510, see 1990 Amendment note below. TITLE 24—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS Chap. Sec. 1. Navy Hospitals, Army and Navy Hospital, and Hospital Relief for Seamen and Others ......................... 1 2. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home [Re- pealed] ................................................ 41 3. National Home for Disabled Volun- teer Soldiers ...................................... 71 4. Saint Elizabeths Hospital ................. 161 5. Columbia Institution for the Deaf [Omitted] ............................................ 231 6. Freedmen’s Hospital [Omitted] ....... 261 7. National Cemeteries ........................... 271 7A. Private and Commercial Ceme- teries [Repealed] .............................. 298 8. Gorgas Hospital ................................... 301 9. Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Na- tionals Returned From Foreign Countries ........................................... 321 10. Armed Forces Retirement Home .... 401 CHAPTER 1—NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS Sec. 1 to 5. Repealed. 6. Pension paid to fund for benefit of naval hos- pital. 6a. Disposition of amounts deducted from pen- sions. 7 to 12. Repealed. 13. Admission of cases for study. 14. Establishment of Navy hospitals. 14a. Annual appropriations for maintenance, oper- ation, and improvement of naval hospitals. 15. Superintendence of Navy hospitals. 16. Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals. 16a. Additional personnel for patients of Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals. 17. Government of Naval Asylum. 18. Rules and regulations for Army and Navy Hospital. 19. Tubercular hospital at Fort Bayard. 20. Discipline of patients at Army and Navy Hos- pital. 21 to 29a. Repealed. 30. Payments to donors of blood for persons un- dergoing treatment at Government expense. 31 to 33. Repealed. 34. Hospitalization of persons outside conti- nental limits of United States; persons enti- tled; availability of other facilities; rate of charges; disposition of payments. 35. Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services. 36. Repealed. 37. Manufacture of products by patients at naval hospitals; ownership of products. §§ 1, 2. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1313, 58 Stat. 714 Section 1, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 3, 18 Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, defined seamen. See section 201 of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel- fare. Section 2, R.S. § 4801, provided for acceptance of gifts in aid of marine hospitals. See section 219 of Title 42. Editorial Notes RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT Title XIII, § 1313, formerly title VI, § 611, of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, was renumbered title VII, § 711, by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; § 713, by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47; title VIII, § 813, by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; title IX, § 913, by Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; title X, § 1013, by Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931; title XI, § 1113, by Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; title XII, § 1213, by Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137; title XIII, § 1313, by Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936. §§ 3 to 5. Repealed. June 15, 1943, ch. 125, § 3, 57 Stat. 153, eff. July 1, 1943 Section 3, R.S. §§ 1614, 4808, related to deduction from pay of seamen for Navy hospital fund. Section 4, R.S. § 4809, related to fines on seamen ap- propriated for Navy hospitals. Section 5, act June 7, 1900, ch. 859, 31 Stat. 697, related to forfeitures from desertion for naval hospital fund. § 6. Pension paid to fund for benefit of naval hos- pital Whenever any officer, seaman, or marine enti- tled to a pension is admitted to a naval hospital, his pension, while he remains there, shall be de- ducted from his accounts and paid to the Sec- retary of the Navy for the benefit of the fund from which such hospital is maintained. (R.S. § 4813; May 4, 1898, ch. 234, 30 Stat. 377; Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 421, 30 Stat. 1027; June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 398.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 4813 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 5, 2 Stat. 650. § 6a. Disposition of amounts deducted from pen- sions Pensions of inmates of a naval hospital, re- quired by law prior to July 1, 1943, to be de- ducted from the account of the pensioner and applied for the benefit of the fund from which such home or 1 hospital is maintained, shall be