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 SIXT1 -FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 26, 27. 1917. 873 Sec. 2. That there shall be received into said home, under re - Ad¤*$¤ia¤ °*¤¤¤¤¤= latrons prepared by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Servigdle, mm mh 1°p'°°y' with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, any person afflicted wit leprosy who resents himself or herself for care, detention, and treatment, or who may be apprehended under authorit of the United States slruarantine Acts, or any person afllicted with leprosy duly consigne to said home by the proper health authorities of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. The 1 Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is authorized, upon request of said authorities, to send for any person afflicted with leprosy within their respective jurisdictions, and to convey said person to such home for detention and treatment, and when the transportation of any such person is undertaken for the protection of the public health, the expense of such removal shall be paid from funds set aside for the maintenance of said home. Size. 3. That regulations shall be prepared by the Surgeon General ¤-rii$E°ri|€¤e£°g. M K"` of the Public Hea th Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the government and administration of said home and for the apprehension, detention, treatment, and release of all persons who are inmates thereof. _ Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, s,,,]§$d°‘f‘°‘ ‘°b° °°"' authorized to cause the erection upon such site of suitable and necessary buildings for the purposes of this Act at a cost not to exceed the sum herein approlpriated for such purpose. _ Sec. 5. That w en any commissioned or other officer of the Pub- p,‘§$%,T‘,,?‘,h’§‘,’},,$,‘§ lic Health Service is detailed for duty at the home herein provided °*¤“"°°°**°d'°*‘d¤*Y· for he shall receive, in addition to the pay and allowances of his grade, one—half the pay of said grade and such allowances as may be provided by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. _ Sec. 6. That for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of ,,§g,,’*§°,g*’,§‘,§§‘§{f,‘,,{‘},?;,‘,lf this Act there is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treas- 1**7- ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the preparation of said home, includ- ‘ ing the erection of necessary buildings, the maintenance of the patients, pay and maintenance of necessary officers and employees, until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, Approved, February 3, 1917. February3 1917. CHAP. 27.-An Act To amend section two hundred and seventy-six of an Act {K R·$0é¤9·] entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the jud.ieia.ry," (p,,wc,N°_;,w_] ' approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven. Be it emwted by the Senate and House ofR’1eEresentat·ives dthe United ,,,d,d‘, com States rj America in Congress assembled, at section two hundred S Umm and seventy-six of an Act entitled   Act to codxfy, YGVISB, and Vol. :+6, p. nu, amend the laws relatin to the ]ud1crary," approved March third, ‘“"’“"‘°"· nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same rs hereby, amended so as to read as follows: _ _ _ Drawing NSec. 276. All such jurors, grand and petit, including those sum- mgm. gmk ,,,,,1,. moned during the session of the court, shall be publicly drawn from M M *¤· a box containin, at the time of each drawing, the names of not_less than three humied persons, possessing the qualifications prescribed in the section last preceding, which names shall have been placed therein by the clerk of such court, or a duly_ qualified defputy clerk, and a commissioner, to be appointed by the judge thereo, or by the um judge senior in commission in districts having more than one gndge, °Q“““°“*u,H¤,u,,¤sj which commissioner shall be a citizen of good standmg, residing in the district in which such court is held, and a well-known member