56 STAT.] 77TH OONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 601 , 602-OCT. 14 , 1942 SEC. 8. The commitment papers of any person adjudged insane in Alaska shall include a statement by the committing authority as to the legal residence of such person. The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, return to the State or country to which they have a legal residence all patients who are not residents of Alaska. For the pur- pose of facilitating the return of such persons, the Secretary may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any State or political subdivi- sion thereof for prompt return under proper supervision of residents of such State or Alaska who have been legally adjudged insane. Resi- dents of Alaska who have been legally adjudged insane outside of Alaska shall, with the approval of the Secretary, be transferred to a mental institution. All expenses incurred in returning to their legal residence patients who are nonresidents of Alaska may be paid from applicable appropriations for the care and custody of the insane of Alaska, but the expense of transferring residents of Alaska who have been legally adjudged insane outside of Alaska shall be borne by the State making the transfer. SEC. 9 . It shall be the duty of a patient, or his legal representative, spouse, parents, adult children, in that sequence, to pay or contribute to the payment of the charges for the care or treatment of such patient in such manner and proportion as the Secretary may find to be within their ability to pay: Provided, That such charges shall in no case exceed the actual cost of such care and treatment. The order of the Secretary relating to the payment of charges by persons other than the patient, or his legal representative shall be prospective in effect and shall relate only to charges to be incurred subsequent to the order: Provided, however, That if any of the above-named persons willfully conceal their ability to pay, such persons shall be ordered to pay, to the extent of their ability, charges accruing during the period of such concealment. The Secretary may cause to be made such inves- tigations as may be necessary to determine such ability to pay, includ- ing the requirement of sworn statements of income by such persons. SEC. 10. Any Acts, or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed. Approved, October 14, 1942. [CHAPTER 602] AN ACT To provide for the sale by the Superintendent of Documents of copies of certain historical and naval documents printed by the Government Printing Office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwith- standing the provisions of the Act' making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935 (48 Stat. 414), and of the Acts making such appro- priations for subsequent years, and without reference to the provi- sions of section 307 of the Act approved June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 409; 44 U. S. C ., 72a), the Superintendent of Documents is hereby authorized to sell such volumes remaining on hand in the Government Printing Office of the series of historical and naval documents entitled "Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France", at a price to be designated by the officer- in-charge, Office of Naval Records and Library of the Navy Depart- ment. The surplus receipts from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Approved, October 14, 1942. 65714°- 43-PT . I - -- 50 785 Return to place of legal residence. Reciprocal agree- ment with States, etc. Residents adjudged insane outside Alaska. Expenses. Payment. Provisos. Limitation. Concealment of ability to pay. Repeal of conflicting acts. October 14, 1942 [S. 2570] [Public Law 744] Naval Documents Related to the Quasi- War Between the U. S . and France.
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