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Chap. 240: to change the name of the Ancon Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone to the Gorgas Hospital. 1928-03-24 240 Chapter 45 Stat. 365 United States Government Publishing Office 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 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 240.— Joint Resolution to change the name of the Ancon Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone to the Gorgas Hospital.
March 24, 1928.[[H. J. Res. 175](href=/us/bill/70/hjres/175).][[Pub. Res., No. 16](/us/bill/70/pubres/16).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in recognitionArmy.Name of Ancon Hospital, Canal Zone, changed to Gorgas Hospital. of his distinguished services to humanity and as a fitting perpetuation of the name and memory of Major General William Crawford Gorgas, from and after the passage of this Act, the Government hospital within the Canal Zone, near the city of Panama, heretofore known as the Ancon Hospital, shall hereafter be known and designated on the public records as the Gorgas Hospital. 366 Sec. 2.
Rights, etc., not affected by change in name. That the change in the name of the said hospital shall in no wise affect the rights of the Federal Government, or any municipality, corporation, association, or person; and all records, maps, and public documents of the United States in which said hospital is mentioned or referred to under the name of the Ancon Hospital or otherwise, shall be held to refer to the said hospital under and by the name of the Gorgas Hospital. Approved, March 24, 1928.
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