Chapter 504. To authorize the construction of three cottages and an annex to the hospital at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Indiana
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CHAP. 504.— An Act To authorize the construction of three cottages and an annex to the hospital at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Indiana.March 4, 1927.[[S. 4027](/us/bill/69/s/4027).][[Public, No. 798](/us/pl/69/798).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Marion, Ind.Construction authorized of additions to Volunteer Soldiers Home at. That the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is authorized and directed to construct at the Marion Branch of such home, at Marion, Indiana, on land now owned by the United States, three cottages with an aggregate capacity of two hundred beds, and a sanitary, fireproof hospital annex to the present hospital with a capacity of fifty beds.
Sec. 2. Upon the order of a member of the Board of ManagersAdmissions authorized to additions. of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, the following persons shah be admitted to such cottages and hospital annex for the purpose of receiving medical treatment and the other benefits 1422 of such home: All persons who served in the military or naval forcesHonorably discharged disabled members of Federal forces, incapacitated from earning a living. of the United States, including the Organized Militia, the National Guard, and the Naval Militia, when called into the Federal service, and were separated therefrom under honorable conditions, who have no adequate means of support and, by reason of diseases or wounds, are either temporarily or permanently incapacitated from earning a living.
Sec. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not moreAmount authorized. than the sum of $700,000 in order to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this Act, of which amount $600,000 shall, be availableSeparation for cottages and hospital. for the construction of the three cottages and $100,000 for the hospital annex, including the construction of such necessary approach work, roadways, and other facilities leading thereto, beating and ventilating apparatus, furniture, equipment, and accessories, as may be approved by the board of managers.
Approved, March 4, 1927.