24 U.S.C. § 7 (2024)
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Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, §1313, 58 Stat. 714
Official statutory text
Section 7, R.S. §4806; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §4, 18 Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, §1, 37 Stat. 309; July 26, 1916, ch. 256, 39 Stat. 390; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for lease and sale of hospitals. See section 248 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Section 8, acts Aug. 4, 1894, ch. 213, 28 Stat. 229; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §2, 38 Stat. 801; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, §2, 50 Stat. 548; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for admission of Coast Guard personnel and their families to hospitals. See section 253 of Title 42. Act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561.
Section 9, act June 23, 1913, ch. 3, §1, 38 Stat. 24, provided for hospital relief of officers and employees of the Public Health Service. See sections 249 and 253 of Title 42.
Section 10, act July 1, 1918, ch. 113, §1, 40 Stat. 694, provided for hospital relief for officers and crews of the Fish and Wildlife Service. See section 249 of Title 42.
Section 11, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §6, 18 Stat. 486; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, §1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for care of foreign seamen. See section 249 of Title 42.
Section 11a, R.S. §4805; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §6, 18 Stat. 486; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided that foreign vessels were liable for hospital charges for care of their seamen. See section 249 of Title 42.
Section 12, R.S. §4804, provided for exclusion of employees on canal boats in coasting trade from hospital care. See section 249 of Title 42.
Editorial Notes
Renumbering of Repealing Act
For renumbering of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, see note set out under sections 1, 2 of this title.
Section 8, acts Aug. 4, 1894, ch. 213, 28 Stat. 229; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §2, 38 Stat. 801; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, §2, 50 Stat. 548; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for admission of Coast Guard personnel and their families to hospitals. See section 253 of Title 42. Act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561.
Section 9, act June 23, 1913, ch. 3, §1, 38 Stat. 24, provided for hospital relief of officers and employees of the Public Health Service. See sections 249 and 253 of Title 42.
Section 10, act July 1, 1918, ch. 113, §1, 40 Stat. 694, provided for hospital relief for officers and crews of the Fish and Wildlife Service. See section 249 of Title 42.
Section 11, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §6, 18 Stat. 486; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, §1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for care of foreign seamen. See section 249 of Title 42.
Section 11a, R.S. §4805; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, §6, 18 Stat. 486; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided that foreign vessels were liable for hospital charges for care of their seamen. See section 249 of Title 42.
Section 12, R.S. §4804, provided for exclusion of employees on canal boats in coasting trade from hospital care. See section 249 of Title 42.
Editorial Notes
Renumbering of Repealing Act
For renumbering of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, see note set out under sections 1, 2 of this title.
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