Chapter 1443. To provide for the investigation of leprosy, with special reference to the care and treatment of lepers in Hawaii
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CHAP. 1443.— An Act To provide for the investigation of leprosy, with special reference to the care and treatment of lepers in Hawaii. March 3, 1905. [[H. R. 16914](/us/bill/58/hr/16914).] [[Public, No. 176](/us/pl/58/176).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That when the TerritorialHawaii.Leprosy hospital at Molokai, to be established. government of Hawaii shall cede to the United States in perpetuity a suitable tract of land one mile square, more or less, on the leper reservation at Molokai, Hawaii, there shall be established thereon a hospital station and laboratory of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States for the study of the methods of transmission, cause, and treatment of leprosy.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Buildings. authorized to cause the erection upon such site of suitable and necessary buildings for the purposes of this Act, at a cost not to exceed theCost. sum herein appropriated for such purpose. Sec. 3. That for the purposes of this Act the Surgeon-General,Treatment of patients. through his accredited agent, is authorized to receive at such station such patients afflicted with leprosy as may be committed to his care under legal authorization of the Territory of Hawaii, not to exceed forty in number to be under treatment at any time, said patients to remain under the jurisdiction of the said Burgeon-General, or his agent, until returned to the proper authorities of Hawaii.
Sec. 4. That the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-HospitalMedical officers, etc. Service of the United States is authorized to detail or appoint, 1010for the purposes of these investigations and treatment, such medical officers, acting assistant surgeons, pharmacists, and employees as may be necessary for said purpose. Sec. 5. Appropriation for building and maintenance. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of necessary buildings and other equipment; and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for maintenance and pay of all officers and employees during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.
Sec. 6. Administration rules. That the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, make and adopt regulations for the administration and government of the hospital station and laboratory and for the management and treatment of all patients of such hospital. Sec. 7. Extra pay to officers detailed. That when any commissioned or noncommissioned officer of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service is detailed for duty at the leprosarium herein provided for, he shall receive, in addition to the pay and allowances of his grade, one-half the pay of said grade and such allowances as may be provided for by the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, March 3, 1905.