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§§ 26-28. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IX, § 913, 58 Stat. 714.

Section 26, acts Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 98, § 1, 40 Stat. 1302; Aug. 9, 1921, ch. 57, § 7, 42 Stat. 149; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 1, 46 Stat. 1016, which provided for additional hospital and sanatorium facilities, is now covered by sections 249, 251, and 253 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and section 763c of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

Section 26a, R. S. § 4803; acts June 26, 1884, ch. 121, § 15, 23 Stat. 57; Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 1, 33 Stat. 1217; 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, which provided for the use of certain funds for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, is now covered by section 249 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Section 27, act Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 98, § 2, 40 Stat. 1302, which provided for the transfer of hospitals to Treasury Department for the Public Health Service, is now covered by section 248 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Section 28, acts Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 98, § 3, 40 Stat. 1303; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 156, 41 Stat. 1365, provided for the transfer of property and equipment by Secretary of War to the Treasury Department for use of the Public Health Service.

RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT

Section 611 of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, was renumbered 711 by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049, 713 by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47, 813 by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 720, and 913 by Pub. L. 88-581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919.

S$ 29, 29a. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1 (45), 65 Stat. 703.

Sections, acts Mar. 15, 1920, ch. 100, §§ 1, 4, 41 Stat. 530, 531; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 156, 41 Stat. 1365, related to transfer of surplus war material for use of Public Health Service, and are now covered by sections 483 and 484 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

§ 30. Payments to donors of blood for persons undergoing treatment at Government expense. Any person, whether or not in the employ of the United States, who shall furnish blood from his or her veins for transfusion into the veins of a person entitled to and undergoing treatment at Government expense, whether in a Federal hospital or institution or in a civilian hospital or institution, or who shall furnish blood for blood banks or for other scientific and research purposes in connection with the care of any person entitled to treatment at Government expense, shall be entitled to be paid therefor such reasonable sum, not to exceed $50, for each blood withdrawal as may be determined by the head of the department or independent agency concerned, from public funds available to such department or independent agency for medical and hospital supplies: Provided, That no payment shall be made under this authority to any person for blood withdrawn for the benefit of the person from whom it is withdrawn. (Feb. 9, 1927, ch. 91, 44 Stat. 1066; June 2, 1939, ch. 173, 53 Stat. 803; July 30, 1941, ch. 332, 55 Stat. 609.)

AMENDMENTS

1941-Act July 30, 1941, omitted requirement that donor had to be in the Military Establishment or a Government employee and that patient had to be in a Government hospital to have donor qualify for payment.

1939-Act June 2, 1939, included the furnishing of blood by employees of the United States Government.

§ 31. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641.

Section, act Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 85, 45 Stat. 1090, related to care of naval patients in other Government hospitals where naval hospital facilities are not available, and is now covered by section 6201 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§§ 32, 33. Repealed. June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306 (2), 70 Stat. 254.

Sections, act May 10, 1943, ch. 95, §§ 2, 3, 57 Stat. 80, 81, authorized the hospitalization of dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel, prescribed the rate of charges, and defined the term "dependents". See chapter 55 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal of these sections by act June 7, 1956, effective six months after June 7, 1956.

REPEAL OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1 of act May 10, 1943, ch. 95, 57 Stat. 80, formerly set out as a note under section 32 of this title, which appropriated funds for the purpose of expanding facilities for the hospitalization of dependents of the Navy and Marine Corps, was also repealed by Act June 7, 1956.

§ 34. Hospitalization of persons outside continental limits of United States; persons entitled; availability of other facilities; rate of charges; disposition of payments.

In addition to those persons, including the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel, now authorized to receive hospitalization at naval hospitals, hospitalization and dispensary service may be provided at naval hospitals and dispensaries outside of the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska, to the officers and employees of any department or agency of the Federal Government, to employees of a contractor with the United States or his subcontractor, to the dependents of such persons, and in emergencies to such other persons as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Provided, That such hospitalization and dispensary service to other than the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel shall be permitted only where facilities are not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and appropriate non-Federal hospitals. The charge for hospitalization or dispensary service for persons other than dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel as specified in this section shall be at such rates as the President shall from time to time prescribe, and shall be deposited as provided in section 32 of this title. (May 10, 1943, ch. 95, § 4, 57 Stat. 81.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 32 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306 (2), 70 Stat. 254. See chapter 55 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Ex. ORD. NO. 11116. RATES OF CHARGES FOR HOSPITALIZATION AND DISPENSARY SERVICES

Ex. Ord. No. 11116, Aug. 5, 1963, 28 F.R. 8075, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1943 (24 U.S.C. 34) [this section], and by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Rates. Rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary services are hereby prescribed, under the last sentence of Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1943, c. 95, 57 Stat. 81 (24 U.S.C. 34) [this section], and for the purposes of that section, as follows:

(1) Inpatient care, per diem:

(1) For employees of the United States who are not citizens of the United States and their dependents,

$5.00

SEC. 2. Delegation. (a) Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954 [set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President], headed "Providing for the performance of certain functions vested in or subject to the approval of the President," as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of Section 1 thereof the following paragraph:

"(w) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1943, c. 95, 57 Stat. 81 (24 U.S.C. 34) [this section], to prescribe from time to time rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary services."

(b) The provisions of Section 1 of this order shall be subject to amendment, supersedure, or revocation, in whole or in part and at any time or times after the effective date of this order, under authority of Section 1(w) of Executive Order No. 10530 (as added by Section 2(a) of this order).

medical facility shall be vested in the Government and such items shall be accounted for and disposed of accordingly. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 27, 60 Stat. 856.)

DELEGATION OF POWERS AND AUTHORITY Section 39 of act Aug. 2, 1946, authorized the Secretary of the Navy to delegate to such persons in the Naval Establishment and to such extent as he may deem proper, with or without authority to make successive redelegations, the authority conferred upon the Secretary by this section, except the authority to prescribe regulations. Such section 39 was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641, less its applicability to this section and section 21a of this title.

Chapter 2.-THE SOLDIERS' HOME

Same; deductions from pay of enlisted men and warrant officers.

Donations.

44a.

45.

46.

Deposit of funds; interest; principal.

SEC. 4. Effective date. The provisions of this order shall become effective on January 1, 1964.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

Laws governing administration of funds appropriated from Permanent Fund.

(May

58. 59.

Limitation of expenditures; purchase of supplies. Repealed.

60.

Annual report of board; transmission to Congress. Inspection; report.

§ 35. Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services.

Hospitalization of the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel and of the persons outside the naval service mentioned in section 34 of this title shall be furnished only for acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of nervous, mental, or contagious diseases or those requiring domiciliary care. Dental treatment shall be administered only as an adjunct to in-patient hospital care and shall not include dental prosthesis or orthodontia. 10, 1943, ch. 95, § 5, 57 Stat. 81.)

Partial Repeal

Act June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306 (2), 70 Stat. 254, repealed section except insofar as it relates to persons outside the Naval Service mentioned in section 34 of this title. See Effective Date of Partial Repeal note under this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF PARTIAL REPEAL

Partial repeal of this section by act June 7, 1956, effective six months after June 7, 1956, see section 307 of act June 7, 1956. See Partial Repeal note under this section. § 36. Repealed. June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306 (2), 70 Stat.

254.

Section, act May 10, 1943, ch. 95, § 6, 57 Stat. 41, made sections 32-36 of this title applicable to dependents of personnel of the Coast Guard.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal of this section by act June 7, 1956, effective six months after June 7, 1956.

§ 37. Manufacture of products by patients at naval hospitals; ownership of products.

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to furnish materials for the manufacture or production by patients of products incident to the convalescence and rehabilitation of such patients in naval hospitals and other naval medical facilities, and ownership thereof shall be vested in the patients manufacturing or producing such products, except that the ownership of items manufactured or produced specifically for the use of a naval hospital or other naval

51.

52.

53.

CROSS REFERENCES

Delivery of unclaimed property to Soldiers' Home by Secretaries of Army or Air Force, see section 2575 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Saint Elizabeth Hospital, admission of insane inmates of Soldiers' Home to, see section 194 of this title.

§ 41. Board of commissioners; composition.

The Surgeon General, The Adjutant General, the Quartermaster General, the Chief of Engineers, the Judge Advocate General, the Chief of Finance, and the Governor of the Soldiers' Home shall constitute a board of commissioners for the Soldiers' Home, and the senior in rank of the members thereof shall be the president of said board of commissioners any four of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, whose duty it shall be to examine and audit the accounts of the treasurer quarter-yearly, and to visit and inspect the Soldiers' Home at least once in every month. The majority shall also have power to establish, from time to time, regulations for the general and internal direction of the institution, to be submitted to the Secretary of the Army for approval; and may do any other acts necessary for the Government and interests of the same, as authorized by this chapter. (R. S. § 4815; Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 10, 22 Stat. 565; Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, § 1, 35 Stat. 1004; May 11, 1926, ch. 285, 44 Stat. 499.)

DERIVATION

Acts Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 1, 9 Stat. 595; Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 83, § 4, 11 Stat. 434.

REFERENCES IN TEXT

In the original "this chapter" refers to chapter two of Title LIX of the Revised Statutes. Said chapter two was incorporated into the Code as sections 41-44, 45, 49-51, and 53 of this title.

CODIFICATION

The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

For transfer of certain membership functions, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, which functions were not previously transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. C(3) ], July 22, 1949. LEASE OF SITES TO THE UNITED STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE BUILDINGS

Act Dec. 17, 1941, ch. 591, title III, 55 Stat. 821, authorized the Board of Commissioners of the United States Soldiers' Home to lease to the United States, for a period of ten years and upon the payment of a rental, a site or sites upon which may be erected some of the buildings herein authorized (general office buildings).

§ 42. Report of president.

The president of the board of commissioners shall submit annually to the Secretary of the Army, for transmission to Congress, a full statement of the financial and other affairs of the home for the preceding fiscal year. (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, § 1, 35 Stat. 1004; May 11, 1926, ch. 285, 44 Stat. 499.)

CODIFICATION

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, and to the extent that they were not previously transferred to the Secretary of the Air Force from the Secretary of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(48)]. July 22, 1949. § 43. Officers.

The officers of the Soldiers' Home shall consist of a governor, a deputy governor, and a secretary, for each separate site of the home, the latter to be also treasurer; and the officers shall be taken from the Army, and appointed or removed, from time to time, as the interests of the institution may require. The governor and all other officers of the home shall be selected by the President of the United States, and the treasurer of the home shall be required to give a bond in the penal sum of $20,000 for the faithful performance of his duty. (R. S. § 4816; Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 7, 22 Stat. 565.)

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 3, 9 Stat. 595.

§ 44. Funds.

For the support of the Soldiers' Home the following funds are set apart and appropriated: All stoppages or fines adjudged against soldiers by sentence of courts martial, over and above any amount that may be due for the reimbursement of Government, or of individuals; all forfeitures on account of desertion; and all moneys belonging to the estates of deceased soldiers, which may be unclaimed for the period of three years subsequent to the death of such soldiers, to be repaid by the commissioners of the institution, upon the demand of the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased. (R. S. § 4818.) DERIVATION

Acts Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 7, 9 Stat. 596; July 5, 1862, ch. 133, § 2, 12 Stat. 508.

CROSS REFERENCES

Funds of Soldiers' Home to be held in trust, see section 725s (a) (59) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 44a. Same; deductions from pay of enlisted men and warrant officers.

Beginning with March, 1936, there shall be deducted each month from the pay of each enlisted man and warrant officer on the active list of the Regular Army, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, a sum not to exceed 25 cents, which sum shall be passed to the credit of the permanent fund, United States Soldiers Home (trust fund) in the Treasury of the United States; the exact sum to be so deducted to be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of the Army, within the limit prescribed above, on the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of said Home as to the amount required to meet the needs of the Home. (Feb. 13, 1936, ch. 66, 49 Stat. 1137.)

CODIFICATION

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

For transfer of certain functions relating to finance and fiscal matters, insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 25 [§ 1bb], Oct. 14, 1958.

CROSS REFERENCES

Funds of Soldiers' Home to be held in trust, see section 725s (a) (59) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 45. Donations.

The commissioners are authorized to receive all donations of money or property made by any person for the benefit of the institution, and hold the same for its sole and exclusive use. (R. S. § 4819; June 12, 1906, ch. 3078, 34 Stat. 242; May 11, 1908, ch. 163, 35 Stat. 110.)

DERIVATION

Acts Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 7, 9 Stat. 596; Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 83, § 7, 11 Stat. 434.

SURPLUS PROPERTY

The Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1949, act June 25, 1948, ch. 655, § 1, 62 Stat. 1023, provided in part: "That

any owning or disposal agency is authorized to transfer surplus property, other than real estate, to the United States Soldiers' Home without reimbursement or transfer of funds."

Similar provisions were carried in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1948, act July 31, 1947, ch. 411, § 1, 61 Stat. 691, and in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, act Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 589, title I, 59 Stat. 641. CROSS REFERENCES

Funds of Soldiers' Home to be held in trust, see section 725s (a) (59) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 46. Deposit of funds; interest; principal.

All funds of the home not needed for current use, and not on March 3, 1883, invested in United States registered bonds, shall, as soon as received, or as soon as investments of that date can be converted into money without loss, be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the home, as a permanent fund, and shall draw interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, which shall be paid quarterly to the treasurer of the home; and the proceeds of such registered bonds, as they are paid, shall be deposited in like manner. No part of the principal sum so deposited shall be withdrawn for use except upon a resolution of the board of commissioners stating the necessity and approved by the Secretary of the Army. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 8, 22 Stat. 565.)

CODIFICATION

The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of Section act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

CROSS REFERENCES

Custody of funds of Soldiers' Home, see section 47 of this title.

Funds of Soldiers' Home to be held in trust, see section 725s (a) (59) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 46a. Deposit of interest on funds; when expendable. Effective July 1, 1935, interest earned pursuant to law on funds of the United States Soldiers' Home deposited in the Treasury of the United States shall be credited to the trust fund "Soldiers' Home, Permanent Fund", and shall not be expendable except in consequence of an appropriation made by Congress. (Apr. 9, 1935, ch. 54, title II, § 1, 49 Stat. 147.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Funds of Soldiers' Home to be held in trust, see section 725s (a) (59) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 46b. Laws governing administration of funds appropriated from Permanent Fund.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the administration, control, procurement, expenditure. accounting, audit, and methods thereof, of funds appropriated from the Soldiers' Home Permanent

Fund (trust fund) shall be according to the laws governing and in effect prior to July 1, 1935, relating specifically to the United States Soldiers' Home, and in accordance with procedure followed prior to such date. (July 19, 1937, ch. 511, § 1, 50 Stat. 519.) CROSS REFERENCES

Funds of Soldiers' Home to be held in trust, see section 725s (a) (59) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 47. Custodian of funds; transfer of funds for outdoor relief.

The Treasurer of the United States is authorized and directed to receive and keep on deposit, subject to the checks or drafts of the treasurer of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia, all funds which may be furnished the said treasurer of the Soldiers' Home or in any manner come into his possession for use in defraying the current expenses of maintaining the said Soldiers' Home, and, upon the request of said treasurer of the Soldiers' Home, there shall be transferred, from funds to his credit with the United States Treasurer, and placed to his credit with the designated depository of the United States in New York City, New York, such sums as he may require monthly or quarterly for payments on account of "outdoor relief" to members of said Soldiers' Home residing at a distance therefrom. (Jan. 16, 1891, ch. 74, 26 Stat. 718; May 29, 1920, ch. 214, § 1, 41 Stat. 655.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Deposit of interest on funds of Soldiers' Home, see section 46 of this title.

§ 48. Borrowing money on credit of home.

No officers of the home shall borrow any money on the credit of the home for any purpose, nor shall any pledge of any of its property or securities for any purpose be valid. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 9, 22 Stat. 565.)

§ 49. Persons entitled to membership in and benefits of home.

The following persons shall be members of the Soldiers' Home, and entitled to the rights and benefits conferred, in this chapter and no others:

First. Every soldier of the Army of the United States who has served, or may serve, honestly and faithfully twenty years in the same.

Second. Every soldier and every discharged soldier, whether regular or volunteer, who has suffered, or may suffer, by reason of disease or wounds incurred in the service and in the line of his duty, rendering him incapable of further military service, if such disability was not occasioned by his own misconduct.

Third. The invalid and disabled soldiers, whether regulars or volunteers, of all wars. (R. S. §§ 4814, 4821.)

DERIVATION

R. S. 4814 from act Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 1, 9 Stat. 595; act Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 83, §§ 5, 7, 11 Stat. 434. R. S. § 4821, from act Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 4, 9 Stat. 596; act Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 83, § 5, 11 Stat. 434.

REFERENCES IN TEXT

In the original "this chapter" refers to chapter two of Title LIX of the Revised Statutes. Said chapter two was incorporated into the Code as sections 41-44, 45, 49-51, and 53 of this title.

§ 50. Persons excluded.

The benefits of the Soldiers' Home shall not be extended to any soldier, in the regular or volunteer service, convicted of felony or other disgraceful or infamous crimes of a civil nature after his admission into the service of the United States; nor shall any one who has been a deserter, mutineer, or habitual drunkard be received, without such evidence of subsequent service, good conduct, and reformation of character as is satisfactory to the commissioners. (R. S. § 4822.)

DERIVATION

Act. Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 6, 9 Stat. 596.

§ 51. Rights of pensioners and surrender of pensions. The fact that one to whom a pension has been granted for wounds or disability received in the military service has not contributed to the funds of the Soldiers' Home shall not preclude him from admission thereto. But all such pensioners shall surrender their pensions to the Soldiers' Home during the time they remain therein and voluntarily receive its benefits. (R. S. § 4820.)

DERIVATION

Acts Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 5, 9 Stat. 596; Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 83, § 6, 11 Stat. 434.

§ 52. Allotment of pensions.

Any inmate of the home who is receiving a pension from the Government, and who has a child, wife, or parent living, shall be entitled, by filling with the Veterans' Administration a written direction to that effect, to have his pension, or any part of it, paid to such child, wife, or parent. The pensions of all inmates of the home, except such as shall be assigned as aforesaid, shall be paid to the treasurer of the home. The money thus derived shall not become a part of the funds of the home, but shall be held by the treasurer in trust for the pensioner to whom it would otherwise have been paid, and such part of it as shall not sooner have been paid to him shall be paid to him on his discharge from the institution. The board of commissioners may from time to time pay over to any inmate such part of his pension money as they think best for his interest and consistent with the discipline and good order of the home, but such pensioner shall not be entitled to demand or have the same so long as he remains an inmate of the home. In case of the death of any pensioner, any pension money due him and remaining in the hands of the treasurer shall be paid to his legal heirs, if demand is made within three years; otherwise the same shall escheat to the home. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 4, 22 Stat. 564; Aug. 17, 1912, ch. 301, § 1, 37 Stat. 312; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 1, 46 Stat. 1016.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

"Veterans' Administration" was substituted for "Bureau of Pensions" in view of act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 1, 46 Stat. 1016, which consolidated the Bureau of Pensions, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the United States Veterans' Bureau into an establishment to be known as the "Veterans' Administration" Act July 3, 1930, was repealed by section 2202 (125) of Pub. L. 85-56, title XXII, June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 163. Section 201 of Pub. L. 85-56 continued the Veterans' Administration as an independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government. See section 201 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.

§ 53. Discharge.

Any soldier admitted into the Soldiers' Home for disability who recovers his health, so as to become fit again for military service, if under fifty years of age, shall be discharged. (R. S. § 4823.) DERIVATION

Act Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25, § 5, 9 Stat. 596.

§ 54. Inmates subject to Articles of War.

CODIFICATION

Section, R. S. § 4824, has been omitted as covered by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. See chapter 47 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§ 55. Uniform for inmates.

A suitable uniform shall be furnished to every inmate of the home, without cost to him. (Mar. 3. 1883, ch. 130, § 5, 22 Stat. 565.)

§ 56. Outdoor relief to persons entitled to admission. The board of commissioners are authorized to aid persons who are entitled to admission to the home, by outdoor relief, in such manner and to such an extent as they may deem proper; but such relief shall not exceed the average cost of maintaining an inmate of the home. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 6, 22 Stat. 565.)

All

§ 57. Limitation of expenditures; purchase of supplies. No new building shall be erected or new grounds purchased, nor shall any expenditure of more than $5,000 be made, until the action of the board thereon shall be approved by the Secretary of the Army. supplies that can be purchased upon contract shall be so purchased, after due notice by advertisement, of the lowest responsible bidder. Such bidder shall give bond, with proper security, for the performance of his contract. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 3, 22 Stat. 564.)

CODIFICATION

§ 58. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641.

Section, acts June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 54; June 28, 1950, ch. 383, title IV, § 402, (d), 64 Stat 272, provided for the sale of medical and hospital supplies to the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia, and is now covered by sections 4624 and 9624 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§ 59. Annual report of board; transmission to Congress.

The board of commissioners of the Soldiers' Home shall every year report in writing to the Secretary of the Army, giving a full statement of all receipts and disbursements of money, of the manner in which the funds are invested, of any changes in the investments, and the reasons therefor, of all admissions and discharges, and generally of all facts that may be necessary to a full understanding of the condition and management of the home. The Secretary of the Army shall have power to call for and require any

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