Chapter 26. To provide for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy and to prevent the spread of leprosy in the United States
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CHAP. 26.— An Act To provide for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy and to prevent the spread of leprosy in the United States. February 3, 1917.[[H. R. 193](/us/bill/64/hr/193).][[Public, No. 299](/us/pl/64/299).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Leprosy.Home authorized for treatment of. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to select and obtain, by purchase or otherwise, a site suitable for the establishment of a home for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy, to be administered by the Transfer of public lands, etc., if available.United States Public Health Service; and either the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury any abandoned military, naval, or other reservation suitable for the purpose, or as much thereof as may be necessary, with all buildings and improvements thereon, to be used for the purpose of said home. 873 Sec. 2.
That there shall be received into said home, under regulationsAdmission of persons afflicted with leprosy. prepared by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, any person afflicted with leprosy who presents himself or herself for care, detention, and treatment, or who may be apprehended under authority of the United States quarantine Acts, or any person afflicted with leprosy duly consigned to said home by the proper health authorities of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
TheTransportation by Public Health Service. Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is authorized, upon request of said authorities, to send for any person afflicted with leprosy within their respective jurisdictions, and to convey said person to such home for detention and treatment, and when the transportation of any such person is undertaken for the protection of the public health, the expense of such removal shall be paid from funds set aside for the maintenance of said home.
Sec. 3. That regulations shall be prepared by the Surgeon GeneralRegulation for government, etc. of the Public Health Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the government and administration of said home and for the apprehension, detention, treatment, and release of all persons who are inmates thereof. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Buildings to be constructed. 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 the sum herein appropriated for such purpose.
Sec. 5. That when any commissioned or other officer of the PublicAdditional pay to Public Health Service officer detailed for duty. Health Service is detailed for duty at the home 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 by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 6. That for the purposes of carrying out the provisions ofAppropriation for all expenses until June 30, 1917. this Act there is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the preparation of said home, including the erection of necessary buildings, the maintenance of the patients, pay and maintenance of necessary officers and employees, until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Approved, February 3, 1917.