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 SIXTY—FIFTH oonercnss. sm. III. ou. 98. 1919. 1303 Camp Logan (Texas), Camp Fremont (California), and nitrate plant, Perryville (Maryland), and such hogpitals, with other necessary buildings, hereafter vacated b the ar Department, as may be required and found suitable for the needs of the Public Health Service for hos ital or sanatoria purposes. And for the purpose Amount authorized of such remodeling of or additions to the ab0ve—named lants as M r°m°d°1mg’ °t°‘ ` may be required to adapt them to the needs and uses of tliie Public Health Service, the sum of $750,000 is hereby authorized. Sec. 3. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed m§u*};Pi;?,} °g;;{1Pg to transfer without charge to the Secretary of the Treasury for the remadom 4(riny. use of the Public Health Service such hospital furniture and equipment, including hospital and medical su plies, motor trucks, and other motor-driven vehicles, in good condiltion, not required by the War Department, as may be required by the Public Health Service for _ its hospitals, and the President is authorized to direct the transfer to Jung, b¤i1<1i¤z¤. {)h1e1TreasugDepartmenlt of thefuse of such lands or parts og lantdls, ° " t° m°S!°"°d' ` dings`, tures, a 'ances, urnishmgs` , or urniture rm er e control of any other dldpartment of the Government not required for the purposes of such diepartment and suitable for the uses of the ` Pub `c ealth Service. Sec. 4. So much of the Battle Mountain Sanatorium at Hot §,g,j§§n¥*,”,,§,’;,§{,],Q°u§,; Springs, South Dakota, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer mr li>1<1i¤r¤’ Hume. Soldiers, with its present equipment, as is not required for the pur- my °s°d` poses for which these facilities were rovided, is hereby made available for the use of the Public Heallth Service for a period of five years from the apiproval of this Act, unless sooner re eased by the Surgeon General o the Public Health Service. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to turigaospicais me me-. contract with any existing hospital or sanatorium, by lease or other- _41ith<1’lmtitm or au. wise, for immediate use, in who e or in part, of their present facilities, °‘“°““*°°“"‘°"“"‘- so as to provide bed capacity and facilities for not exceeding one thousand platients, and for such purposes the sum of $300,000 is hggiaboli gl1ll`h)ia1Z Sedbretary of the ’IH·easury is hereby authorized, if in §,°u*},},gsg!g}S,§%STj;i his judgment the same will be for the best interests of the Govern- at,auth0rized. pi ment from the stand oint of cost, location, and of the eme%g1cy needs of the Public Ilealth Service, to purchase the site, buil gs, and hospital facilities and appurtenances, at Corpus Christi, Texas, known as General Hospital umbered 15, and for such purpose the sum of $150,000 is hereby authorized. The sum of $1.500,000 is hereby authorized to be held as an emer- ,§c"},j’§,j°°?Q,,'“"mg' gency fund for the purchase of land and buildings suitable for hos- iiuil<¤uzs,¤¢c. ' pital and sanatoria purposes, which the Secretary of the_ Treasury 1S hereby authorized to select and locate, and to make additions and im arovements suitable to adapt them to the uses of the United States. Public Heal th Service, if in his judgment the emergency requires it. _ Sec. 7. By the construction of new hospitals an sanatoria, to ,,§,f“*Q;“*‘{]“ug£g;· include the necessary buildings with their apprgpriate mechanical r¤¤ds,¤quipm¤ut,etci and other equipment and approach work, including roads leading thereto, for the accommodation of patients, officers, nurses, attendants, storage, laundries, vehicles, and live stock on sites now owned by the Government, or on new sites to be acqbuircdelév piirchase or otherwise, at the laces hereinafter named: rovid, at if the §;g§f,,°;, mt deemed Secret of the 'lPreasury shall make a finding that any hospital acceramble msxbe re projeciirhereinafter specifically authorized is not to the best interest md °t as °°` of the Government from the staneipoint of cost, location, and of the emergency needs of the Public ealth Service, he is hereby authorized to reject such pro`ect or projects and to locate, construct, or acquire hospitals at such other locations as would best subserve the interest o the Government and the emergency needs of the Public Health Service within the limits of cost of such authorization.