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Repeals.
PUBLIC LAW 424-JUNE 28, 1952
D. c. h o s p i t a l center. 60 Stat. 897.
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SEC. 2. The deed conveying the property described in the first section of this Act shall provide that no part of said property shall, without the consent of the United States, be devoted to any other purpose than a hospital for women. SEC. 3. The provisions of the paragraph following the appropriation for the Washington Hospital for Foundlings in the Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 552, 553, D. C. Code, title 32, sec. 1003), creating a lien in favor of the United States with respect to the appropriations referred to therein, shall also apply to the appropriations in the aggregate amount of $50,000, granted in the Act of June 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 360), and in the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 386), for the purchase by the United States of the property described in the first section of this Act, and the acceptance by the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum of the conveyance of said property shall be deemed an acceptance of and agreement to this provision. SEC. 4. (a) The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: (1) So much of the second paragraph under the heading "Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, and Other Charities," in the Act of June 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 360), as reads: "; and that in addition to the directors, whose appointments are now provided for by law, there shall be three other directors appointed in the following manner: One Senator by the President of the Senate, and two Representatives by the Speaker of the House; these directors shall hold their office for the ternl of a single Congress, and be eligible to a reappointment"; (2) The provisos which immediately follow the appropriations for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, in the Acts of June 4, 1880 (21 Stat. 157), July 14, 1892 (27 Stat. 164), and March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 551, D. C. Code, title 32, sec. 315); and (3) The proviso under the heading "Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum", in the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1147, D. C. Code, title 32, section 314), as amended. (b) The repeals effected by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall not affect the current term of office of any trustee or director of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum appointed prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, and the existing directors and their successors shall have all the powers and authority of the original incorporators named in the Act of Incorporation of said hospital (Act of June 1, 1866, 14 Stat. 55) and the power to fill vacancies on the board of directors. Approved June 28, 1952.
Public Law 424 June 28, 1952 [H.R. 7496]
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AN ACT To amend the Act of August 7, 1946, providing for the establishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, as amended, so as to extend to June 30, 1955, the period for authorization for appropriations for carrying out the purposes of the Act as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1955". Approved June 28, 1952.
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