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-699section 205 of the said Act of June 30, 1958 (72 Stat. 267), the following subsection: " (d) This section applies to and within the Canal Zone.". SEC. 6. That part of section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1917 (chapter 27,40 Stat. 105), constituting the third full paragraph on page 179 of Volume 40, Statutes at Large (24 U.S.C. sec. 196), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Upon the application of the Governor of the Canal Zone, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, in the District of Columbia, for treatment, any American citizen subject to a hospitalization order issued under section 1637 of Title 5 of the Canal Zone Code, whose legal residence in one of the States, territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Kico or the District of Columbia for the purpose of eligibility for public medical care it has been impossible to establish. Upon the ascertainment of the legal residence of persons so transferred to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, the superintendent of that hospital shall thereupon transfer them to their respective places of residence, and the expenses attendant thereon shall be paid from the appropriation for the support of Saint Elizabeths Hospital.". SEC. 7. The first sentence of section 414 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "All government publications and law books furnished to justices, judges, clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United States and its territories and possessions, and other officers of the United States or an agency thereof shall be transmitted to their successors in office.". SEC. 8. Subsection (b) of section 647 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting "including those of the courts or Government of the Canal Zone," after "United States," so that the subsection will read as follows: "(b) H e shall execute all lawful writs, process and orders issued under authority of the United States, including those of the courts and Government of the Canal Zone, and command all necessary assistance to execute his duties.". SEC. 9. Section 1404 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding subsection (d) thereto, to read as follows: " (d) As used in this section, 'district court' includes the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone; and 'district' includes the territorial jurisdiction of that court.". SEC. 10. Section 1406 of Title 28, United States Code, as amended, is amended by adding subsection (d) thereto, to read as follows: " (d) As used in this section, 'district court' includes the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone; and 'district' includes the territorial jurisdiction of that court.". SEC. 11. Section 2 of the Act of November 15, 1941 (chapter 471, 55 Stat. 763; 50 U.S.C. sec. 191a), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. When the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy pursuant to section 3 of Title 14, United States Code, the powers conferred on the Secretary of the Treasury by section 1, title II, of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U.S.C. title 50, sec. 191), shall vest in and be exercised by the Secretary of the Navy.". SEC. 12. Section 4 of the Act of November 15, 1941 (chapter 471, 55 Stat. 763; 50 U.S.C. sec. 191b), as amended by subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act of September 26, 1950 (chapter 1049, 64 Stat. 1038), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. This Act and section 91 of Title 14, United States Code, do not affect the authority conferred upon the Governor of the Canal Zone by the second paragraph of section 1, title II, Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U.S.C. title 50, sec. 191), notwithstanding the