§ 54. Inmates subject to Articles of War. CODIFICATION Section, R. S. § 4824, has been omitted as covered by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. See chapter 22 of Title 50, War and National Defense. § 55. Uniform for inmates. A suitable uniform shall be furnished to every inmate of the home, without cost to him. (Mar. 3. 1883, ch. 130, § 5, 22 Stat. 565.) § 56. Outdoor relief to persons entitled to admission. The board of commissioners are authorized to aid persons who are entitled to admission to the home, by outdoor relief, in such manner and to such an extent as they may deem proper; but such relief shall not exceed the average cost of maintaining an inmate of the home. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 6, 22 Stat. 565.) § 57. Limitation of expenditures; purchase of supplies. No new building shall be erected or new grounds purchased, nor shall any expenditure of more than $5,000 be made, until the action of the board thereon shall be approved by the Secretary of the Army. All supplies that can be purchased upon contract shall be so purchased, after due notice by advertisement, of the lowest responsible bidder. Such bidder shall give bond, with proper security, for the performance of his contract. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 3, 22 Stat. 564; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205 (a), 61 Stat. 501.) CHANGE OF NAME The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by act July 26, 1947. § 58. Medical supplies. Upon proper application therefor, the branch, office, or officers of the Army the Secretary of the Army may from time to time designate is authorized to sell medical and hospital supplies at its contract prices to the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia. (June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 54; June 28, 1950, ch. 383, title IV, § 402 (d), 64 Stat. 272.) AMENDMENTS 1950-Act June 28, 1950, amended section by substituting "branch, office, or officers of the Army the Secretary of the Army may from time to time designate" for "Medical Department of the Army". § 59. Annual report of board; transmission to Congress. The board of commissioners of the Soldiers' Home shall every year report in writing to the Secretary of the Army, giving a full statement of all receipts and disbursements of money, of the manner in which the funds are invested, of any changes in the investments, and the reasons therefor, of all admissions and discharges, and generally of all facts that may be necessary to a full understanding of the condition and management of the home. The Secretary of the Army shall have power to call for and require any omitted facts which in his judgment should be stated to be added. This annual report shall be, by the Secretary of the Army, together with the report of the inspecting officer provided for in the following section, transmitted to Congress at the first session thereafter, and he shall also cause the same to be published in orders to the Army, a copy thereof to be deposited in each garrison and post library. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 1, 22 Stat. 564; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205 (a), 61 Stat. 501.) CHANGE OF NAME The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by act July 26, 1947. § 60. Inspection; report. The Inspector General of the Army shall designate officers of the Inspector General's Department under his jurisdiction to inspect thoroughly, once each year, the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington, District of Columbia, its records, accounts, management, discipline, and sanitary condition, and shall report thereon in writing to the Secretary of the Army, including in his report such suggestions as he desires to make. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 130, § 2, 22 Stat. 564; Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 35, 62 Stat. 5.) Sections, R. S. §§ 4825, 4826, 4827, 4834, and acts Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 510; Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 362, 24 Stat. 539; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 412; Oct. 19, 1914, No. 49, 38 Stat. 780; July 1, 1916, ch. 209, 39 Stat. 297; and June 7, 1924, ch. 291, 43 Stat. 518, provided for the organization and management of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers which was dissolved under the terms of act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, 46 Stat. 1016. § 77. Sites for homes; purchase and erection of buildings. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall have authority to procure from time to time, at suitable places, sites for military homes for all persons serving in the Army of the United States at any time in the War of the Rebellion, not otherwise provided for, who have been or may be disqualified for procuring their own support by reason of wounds received or sickness contracted while in the line of their duty during the rebellion; and to have the necessary buildings erected, having due regard to the health of location, facility of access, and capacity to accommodate the persons entitled to the benefits thereof. (R. S. § 4830; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 2, 46 Stat. 1016.) DERIVATION Acts Mar. 21, 1866, ch. 21, § 4, 14 Stat. 10; Jan. 23, 1873, ch. 51, § 1, 17 Stat. 417. $$ 77a-84. Omitted. CODIFICATION Section 77a, act Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 272, § 1, 45 Stat. 1248, related to the acquisition of a hospital site in Dayton, Ohio. Section 78, transferred to section 11d-1 of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. Section 79, act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 853, § 1, 31 Stat. 1175, ceded jurisdiction over certain property in the States of Wisconsin and Kansas to the respective States. Section 80, act Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 182, § 1, 20 Stat. 390, specified the manner in which purchases for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in excess of $1,000 should be made. Section 81, act July 1, 1898, ch. 546, § 1, 30 Stat. 640, provided supplies for the National Home for Disabled Soldiers should be purchased, shipped, and distributed by direction of the Board of Managers. Section 82, act June 11, 1896, ch. 420, § 1, 29 Stat. 445, authorized the Medical Department of the Army to sell medical and hospital supplies to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Section 83 transferred to section 66 of Title 50, War and National Defense. Section 84, act Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 412, authorized a thorough annual inspection of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers by an officer of the Inspector General's Department. Act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, dissolved the Home and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES S$ 91-97. Omitted. CODIFICATION Section 91, R. S. § 4829; acts Apr. 11, 1892, ch. 40, 27 Stat. 15, and Feb. 9, 1897, ch. 205, 29 Stat. 517, authorized officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and provided for their appointment. Act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, dissolved the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. Section 92 transferred to section 11c-1 of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. Sections 93-97 acts Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 362, 24 Stat. 540; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 412; June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1, 31 Stat. 636; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 853, § 1, 31 Stat. 1178, related to classification, compensation, expenses, bonds, and duties of officers and employees of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, dissolved the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS §§ 111-123. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections, R. S. § 4831, and acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, 1, 18 Stat. 359; July 9, 1886, ch. 756, § 2, 24 Stat. 129; Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 362, 24 Stat. 539; Aug. 5, 1892, ch. 380, § 1, 27 Stat. 384; Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 210, § 1, 27 Stat. 653; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 411, 412; June 6, 1900, ch. 785, § 1, 31 Stat. 294; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 853, § 1, 31 Stat. 1178; Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1137; Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 75, § 1, 38 Stat. 850; Mar. 2, 1923, ch. 178, title II, 42 Stat. 1424; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 2, 46 Stat. 1016, related to financial matters affecting the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, dissolved the Home and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. BENEFICIARIES AND PENSIONS S$ 131-133. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections 131-131b, acts June 7, 1924, ch. 291, title II, 43 Stat. 519; Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 504, § 2, 44 Stat. 1421; Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 245, 45 Stat. 366; Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 272, § 2, 45 Stat. 1248, which related to persons entitled to the benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, have been omitted from the Code. Act July 3, 1939, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, dissolved such home, and provided for the consolidation thereof, and its functions, in the Veterans' Administration. The consolidation was effected by Ex. Ord. No. 5398, July 21, 1930. See note preceding section 71 of this title. See, also, sections 11 et seq., 706-706b and 717 of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief, and Veterans' Regulation No. 6 (a), set out in Chapter 12A of such title. Section 132 transferred to section 706c of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. Section 133, R. S. § 4833, and acts Aug. 23, 1894, ch. 316, § 1, 28 Stat. 492; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1 (123), 45 Stat. 995, which related to outdoor relief for persons entitled to benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and transfers of inmates between branches of such home has been omitted from the Code. Such home was dissolved by act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, which provided for the consolidation thereof, and its functions, in the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title, and see, also, section 11 et seq., of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. According to the Veterans' Administration, the furnishing of relief under this section has been discontinued. § 134. Aid to State or Territorial home. All States or Territories which have established, or which shall establish, State homes for disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States who served in the Civil War or in any previous or subsequent war who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, provided such disability was not incurred in service against the United States, shall be paid for every such disabled soldier or sailor who may be admitted and cared for in such home at the rate of $500 per annum from the effective date of this amendment through June 30, 1956, and $300 per annum thereafter. The number of such persons for whose care any State or Territory shall receive the said payment under this section shall be ascertained by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under such regulations as it may prescribe, but the said State or Territorial homes shall be exclusively under the control of the respective State or Territorial authorities, and the Administrator shall not have nor assume any management or control of said State or Territorial homes. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall, however, have power to have the said State or Territorial homes inspected at such times as it may consider necessary, and shall report the result of such inspections to Congress in its annual report: Provided, That no State shall be paid a sum exceeding one-half the cost of maintenance of each soldier or sailor by such State: Provided further, That one-half of any sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid provided for in this section. No money shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicating liquors are sold: Provided further, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid provided for in this section, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained. (Aug. 27, 1888, ch. 914, § 1, 25 Stat. 450; Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 411, 25 Stat. 975; Jan. 27, 1920, ch. 56, 41 Stat. 399; Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 225, 43 Stat. 933; Apr. 15, 1926, ch. 146, 44 Stat. 294; Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 167, 44 Stat. 1145; Dec. 22, 1927, ch. 5, § 1, 45 Stat. 39; Mar. 23, 1928, ch. 232, § 1, 45 Stat. 363; Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 366, 45 Stat. 1385; May 28, 1930, ch. 348, 46 Stat. 466; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 2, 46 Stat. 1016; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, § 1, 46 Stat. 1375; June 30, 1932, ch. 330, 1, 47 Stat. 472; Aug. 1, 1939, ch. 408, § 1, 53 Stat. 1145; Dec. 17, 1943, ch. 347, § 1, 57 Stat. 603; May 18, 1948, ch. 299, § 1, 62 Stat. 237; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1003, 64 Stat, 981.) AMENDMENTS 1950-Act Sept. 23, 1950, amended section to continue the increase of Federal aid from June 30, 1951 to June 30, 1956. 1948-Act May 18, 1948, amended first par. of section to increase from $300 to $500 per capita per annum Federal aid until June 30, 1951. 1943 First paragraph amended by act Dec. 17, 1943, by striking out words "240 per annum" and substituting in lieu "300 per annum." 1939-First paragraph amended by act Aug. 1, 1939, by substituting "$240 per annum" in lieu of "$120 per annum." EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT MAY 18, 1948; MANNER OF PAYMENT Section 2 of act May 18, 1948, as amended by act Oct. 29, 1951, ch. 602, § 1, 65 Stat. 661, provided that: "The amendment made by this Act [act May 18, 1948] shall apply to payments with respect to the care given to disabled soldiers and sailors on and after the first day of the month next following the month during which this Act is enacted [May 18, 1948]: Provided, That said payments shall be made regardless of whether said veteran may be receiving domiciliary care or hospitalization in said home and the appropriations of the Veterans' Administration for medical, hospital, and domiciliary care shall be available for this purpose: Provided further, That no such payment to a State or Territory shall be made until the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran, on whose account such payment is requested, is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration facility, and after such determination of eligibility such payment shall be made covering the period of eligibility from the date such care commenced, except that no such payment shall be made effective prior to the date of receipt by the Veterans' Administration of an appropriate request for determination of eligibility in the case of any eligible veteran with respect to whom such request is not received within ten days following the date such care commenced. Amendment of this note by act Oct. 29, 1951, ch. 602, § 1, 65 Stat. 661, made applicable with respect to care given to disabled soldiers and sailors on and after Nov. 1, 1951, by section 2 of said act Oct. 29, 1951. TIME AND MANNER OF PAYMENT Section 2 of act Dec. 17, 1943, provided as follows: "The amendment made by this Act shall apply to payments with respect to the care given to disabled soldiers and sailors on and after the first day of the month next following the month during which this Act is enacted: Provided, That said payments shall be made regardless of whether said veteran may be receiving domiciliary care or hospitalization in said home and the appropriations of the Veterans' Administration for medical, hospital, and domiciliary care shall be available for this purpose: Provided further, That no payment to a State or Territory under this Act shall be made for any period prior to the date upon which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran on whose account such payment is requested is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration facility." Similar provisions were contained in section 2 of act Aug. 1, 1939. S$ 135, 136. Omitted. CODIFICATION Section 135, act June 7, 1924, ch. 295, § 2, 43 Stat. 534, specified persons entitled to benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers branch at Santa Monica, California. Act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 5, 46 Stat. 1016, dissolved the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. Section 136 transferred to sections 17-171 of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. § 137. Repealed. July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 7, 46 Stat. 1018. Section, R. S. § 4835, related to application of Articles of War to inmates of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. § 138. Payment of pensions of inmates of home. All pensions and arrears of pensions payable or to be paid to pensioners who are or may become inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be paid to the treasurers of said home, to be disbursed for the benefit of the pensioners without deduction for fines or penalties, under the rules and regulations of said home. Said payments shall be made by the Veterans' Administration upon a certificate of the proper officer of the home that the pensioner is an inmate thereof on the day to which said pension is drawn. The treasurers of said home, respectively, shall give security, to the satisfaction of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, for the payment and application by them of all arrears of pension and pension moneys they may receive under the aforesaid provision. Any balance of the pension which may remain at the date of the pensioner's discharge shall be paid over to him. (Feb. 26, 1881, ch. 80, § 2, 21 Stat. 350; Aug. 7, 1882, ch. 433, § 1, 22 Stat. 322; Aug. 17, 1912, ch. 301, § 1, 37 Stat. 312; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1, 2, 46 Stat. 1016.) DISSOLUTION OF HOME AND CONSOLIDATION IN VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Act July 3, 1930, dissolved the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION Sections 50 and 128 of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief, not to be construed as amending or repealing this section, see section 52 of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. § 139. Disposition of balance of pension money due deceased inmate. Any balance of pension money due a member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at the time of his death shall be paid to his widow, minor children or dependent mother or father in the order named, and should no widow, minor child, or dependent parent be discovered within one year from the time of the death of the pensioner, said balance shall be paid to the post fund of the branch of said national home of which the pensioner was a member at the time of his death, to be used for the common benefit of the members of the home under the direction of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, subject to future reclamation by the relatives designated in this section upon application filed with the Administrator within five years after the pensioner's death. (July 1, 1902, ch. 1351, § 1, 32 Stat. 564; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 2, 46 Stat. 1016.) DISSOLUTION OF HOME AND CONSOLIDATION IN VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Act July 3, 1930, dissolved the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and transferred its functions to the Veterans' Administration. See note preceding section 71 of this title and sections 11-11f of Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief. BATTLE MOUNTAIN SANITARIUM RESERVE § 151. Battle Mountain Sanitarium Reserve; establishment; rights to lands, not affected. There are reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of South Dakota and within the boundaries particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of section 18, township 7 south, range 6 east, Black Hills meridian; thence east to the southeast corner of said section 18; thence south to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 20; thence east to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section 21; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 9; thence west to the center of section 7; thence south to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 7; thence west to the northwest corner of section 18; thence south to the place of beginning, all in township 7 south, range 6 east, Black Hills meridian, in Fall River County, South Dakota: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any valid rights acquired in connection with any of the lands embraced within the limits of said reserve. (Mar. 22, 1906, ch. 1127, § 1, 34 Stat. 83.) § 152. Name; control, rules and regulations. Said reserve shall be known as the Battle Mountain Sanitarium Reserve, and shall be under the exclusive control of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in connection with the Battle Mountain Sanitarium at Hot Springs, South Dakota, whose duty it shall be to prescribe such rules and regulations and establish such service as he may deem necessary for the care and management of the same. (Mar. 22, 1906, ch. 1127, § 2, 34 Stat. 83; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 2, 46 Stat. 1016.) § 153. Perfecting bona fide claims to lands; exchange of private lands. In all cases of unperfected bona fide claims lying within the said boundaries of said reserve, which claims have been properly initiated prior to September 2, 1902, said claims may be perfected upon compliance with the requirements of the laws respecting settlement, residence, improvements, and so forth, in the same manner in all respects as claims are perfected to other Government lands: Provided, That to the extent that the lands within said reserve are held in private ownership the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to exchange therefor public lands of like area and value, which are surveyed, vacant, unappropriated, not mineral, not timbered, and not required for reservoir sites or other public uses or purposes. The private owners must, at their expense and by appropriate instruments of conveyance, surrender to the Government a full and unencumbered right and title to the private lands included in any exchange before patents are issued for or any rights attached to the public lands included therein, and no charge of any kind shall be made for issuing such patents. Upon completion of any exchange the lands surrendered to the Govern ment shall become a part of said reserve in a like manner as if they had been public lands at the time of the establishment of said reserve. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the issuance of any land scrip, and the State of South Dakota is granted the privilege of selecting from the public lands in said State an equal quantity of land in lieu of such portions of section sixteen included within said reserve as have not been sold or disposed of by said State and are not covered by an unperfected bona fide claim as above mentioned. 22, 1906, ch. 1127, § 3, 34 Stat. 83.) (Mar. § 154. Unlawful intrusion, or violation of rules and regulations. All persons who shall unlawfully intrude upon said reserve, or who shall without permission appropriate any object therein or commit unauthorized injury or waste in any form whatever upon the lands or other public property therein, or who shall violate any of the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned for a period not more than twelve months, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (Mar. 22, 1906, ch. 1127, § 4, 34 Stat. 83.) Chapter 4.-SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT; PENSIONS, MONEYS, AND APPROPRIATIONS 165. 166. 167. 168. Superintendent; disbursing agent; pension money of inmates. Deputy disbursing agent; appointment; bond; powers. Adjustment of compensation of officers and employees. Readjustment of salaries; credit to accounts of disbursing agent. 168a. Payment by executive departments for care of patients for whom responsible. 169. Disposition of money paid for care of patients. Disbursement of appropriations for insane. Sale of surplus products and waste materials. 170. 171. 172. 173, 174. 195. 195a. 196. Same; beneficiaries of Bureau of Indian Affairs. 196a. Transfer of American citizens adjudged insane in Canada. 196b. Transfer of persons adjudged insane in Virgin Islands. Reference to the insane of the Army and Navy of the United States was superseded by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, and act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205 (a), 61 Stat. 501, which transferred the functions of the hospital relating to such persons to the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy. See note under section 191 of this title. Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the Department of the Interior and its functions were transferred to the Federal Security Agency to be administered under the direction and supervision of the Federal Security Administrator by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 11, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2422, 54 Stat. 1236. §§ 162-164. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections R. S. §§ 4840-4842; July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 309; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 11 (a), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2422, 54 Stat. 1236, provided for the appointment, powers and duties of the Board of Visitors of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. This Board of Visitors and its functions were abolished by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 9, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1096, set out in note to section 133y-16 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. |