Chapter CLXXIX. to extend to certain Persons the Privilege of Admission, in certain Cases, to the United States Government Asylum for the Insane
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CHAP. CLXXIX.— An Act to extend to certain Persons the Privilege of Admission, in certain Cases, to the United States Government Asylum for the Insane.July 13, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That civilians employed in theCivilians in quartermaster’s and subsistence departments may be admitted to Insane Asylum, if, &c. service of the United States, in the quartermaster’s department and the subsistence department of the army, who may be, or may hereafter become, insane while in such employment, shall be admitted on the order of the Secretary of War, the same as persons belonging to the army and94THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 179, 180, 181, 182. 1866. navy, to the benefits of the asylum for the insane in the District of Columbia, as now provided by law in reference to soldiers and sailors in the army and navy. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the following classes of persons,What classes of persons and under what circumstances may be admitted to the asylum. under the following circumstances, shall be entitled to admission to said asylum on the order of the Secretary of War, if in the army, or the Secretary of the Navy, if in the navy, to wit:
First. Men who, while in the service of the United States, in the armyMen formerly admitted, &c. or navy, have been admitted to said asylum, and have been thereafter discharged therefrom on the supposition that they had recovered their reason, and have, within three years after such discharge, become again insane from causes existing at the time of such discharge, and have no adequate means of support. Second. Indigent insane persons, who have been in the same serviceIndigent insane, &c. and been discharged therefrom on account of disability arising from such insanity.
Third. Indigent insane persons, who have become insane within three years after discharge from such service from causes which arose during and were produced by said service. Approved, July 13, 1866.