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Tum: L1x.—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.——(Jn. 1. 933 T I T L E L I X. HOSPITALS. ASYLUMS. AND CEMETERIES. C H A P T E R O N E. HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAHEN. Sec. Sec. 4801. Power to receive gifts in aid of ma- l 4807. Superintendence of Navy hospitals. rine hospitals. 4808. Deductions from pay of seamen, &c., 4802. Supervising surgeon of marine-hos- for Navy-hospital fund. . pital service. ) 4809. Appropriation of fines. 4803. Custody and appropriation of "fund , 4810. Purchase and erection of Navy hosfor the relief of sick and disabled pitals. seamen." 4811. Government of Naval Asylum. 4804. Persons employed on canal-boats in 4812. Allowance of rations to Navy hosthe coasting-trade excluded. pitals. 4805. Foreign seamen admitted. 4813. Allowance from pensions. -1806. Sale of marine hospitals. Sec. 4801. The President is authorized to receive donations of real or Powertoreceive personal property, in the name of the United States, for the erection or HWS i¤ 3i3i of mesupport of hospitals for sick and disabled seamen. "‘“" h°Sl”°“lS· 16 July, 1798, c. 77, s. 4, v. 1, p. 606. Sec. 4802. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time to time, Supervising surappoint a surgeon to act as supervising surgeon of marine-hospital serv- g9;"i°f‘“f’E"“"‘h°“‘ ice, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary, supervise all matters connected with the marine-hospital service, and with the disbursement 29J uns. 1870, c- of the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. He shall be {wv B- 6» "· 16- P- entitled to a salary of not more than two thousand dollars a year, and 7g' Ma,. 1875 c to his necessary travelin expenses. And he shall make monthly reports 130, .·. iéfp, 379, ` to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 4803. The several collectors of the customs shall respectively de- Custody and apposit, without abatement or reduction, the sums collected by them under R}°§,’;““°,E' f °; the provisions of law imposing a tax upon seamen for hosp1ta1 purposes, Bicinangrgséglgi with the nearest depositary of public moneys, and shall make returns of seamen." the same, with proper vouchers, monthly. to the Secretary of the Treas- ury, upon forms to be furnished by him. All such moneys shall be 160, Bs_ 3, J, 5, ,-jg, placed to the credit of "the fund for the relief of sick and d1sabled sea- p. 170. men;" of which fund separate accounts shall be kept in the Treasury. Such fund is appropriated for the expenses of the marine-hospital service, and shall be employed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the care and relief of sick and disabled seamen employed in registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels of the United States. Sec. 4804. No person employed in or connected with the navigation, pemmemploysd management, or use of canal—boats engaged in the coasting~trade shall on cuuulgbosts in by reason thereof be entitled to any benefit or relief from the marine- *h‘f,°:’,“€,*‘“¥‘*"“d° hospital fund. EEE 10 Feb., 1871, Res. 27, s. 1, v. 16, p. 595. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 156, s. 3, r. 18, p. 485. Sec. 4805. Sick forei n seamen may be admitted to the marine hos- FQ¤>i8¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ pitals within the Unitef States, if it can with convenience be done, on the application of the master of any foreign vessel to which any such 3May,1802,c.51, seaman may belon Each seaman so admitted shall be subject to a B- 5» V·2· P- 193- charge of seventy,-iilve cents per day for each day he may remain in the hospital, which s all be paid by the master of such foreign vessel to the collector of the collection-district in which such hospital is situated. And the collector shall not gra.nt a clearance to any forei n vessel until the money so due from her master shall be paid. The oécer in charge