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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · Jan. 28, 1864 · Chapter VI

Chapter VI. *relating to the Admission of Patients to the Hospital for the Insane in the District of Columbia.* Jan. 28, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the InteriorTransient insane may be admitted to

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Chap. VI.— An Act *relating to the Admission of Patients to the Hospital for the Insane in the District of Columbia.* Jan. 28, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the InteriorTransient insane may be admitted to hospital. be authorized, in his discretion, during the existence of the present war, to admit into the government hospital for the insane such transient insane persons as may be found in the District of Columbia without the means of self-support, to be there detained until they can be sent to their friends or proper places of residence under the direction of the said Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to provide therefor; theMode of proceeding. steps preliminary to their admission to be the same, except as to the affidavit of residence at the time they became insane, as are required in the case of indigent persons who became insane while residing in the district.
Approved, January 28, 1864. Chapter VII: making Appropriations for the Payment of Invalid and other Pensions of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty five. 13 Stat. 3 1864-01-29 Chapter VII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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*relating to the Admission of Patients to the Hospital for the Insane in the District of Columbia.* Jan. 28, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the InteriorTransient insane may be admitted to
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