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 782 Ante, p. 781. Appropriations avalable. PUBLIC LAWS--HS. 591, 592, 601-OCT. 13, 14 , 1942 [56 STAT. ized practice cruises or while hospitalized or undergoing treatment as provided in Section 22 (b) of the Act approved March 4, 1925 (34 U. S. C. 821), as amended;". SEC. 3. Appropriations currently available for transportation, med- ical care, and treatment of naval personnel and funeral expenses of deceased members of the naval service shall be available for the expenditures authorized by this Act. Approved, October 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 592] October 13, 1942 [S. 2682] (Public Law 742] Hawaii. Exchange of lands. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to exchange certain lands of the United States located within the Fort De Russy Military Reservation, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, for certain land at Barbers Point, Oahu, owned by the Territory of 'Hawaii. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey, subject to such conditions as he may prescribe, to the Territory of Hawaii all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to three parcels of land located within the boundaries of the Fort De Russy Military Reserva- tion on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, aggregating sixty- two thousand two hundred and nineteen square feet, more or less, in exchange for title to seventy-five and sixteen one-thousandths acres of land, more or less, together with an easement for a right-of-way for road purposes in conunon with the grantors, situate at Barbers Point, Ewa, Oahu. Approved, October 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 601] October 14, 1942 LB.2248] [Public Law 7431 AN ACT To amend the law relating to the care and custody of insane residents of Alaska, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Calkand custody United States of America in Congress assembled, That when used in of the Insane. this Act unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or "sa)"cretary' means Secretary. "eas retr of the Interior; "Alaska." (b "Alaska" means the Territory of Alaska; tution." n "Mental institution" means any asylum, sanitarium, or hospital under contract with the Department of the Interior or otherwise authorized by law to have the care, treatment, or custody of patients; "Resident." (d) "Resident" means a person who has his legal residence in Alaska; "Patient." (e) "Patient" means a resident of or person in Alaska who has been legally adjudged insane and committed to a mental institution; " Medical offcer." (f) "Medical officer" means the Federal medical officer supervising the psychiatric care and treatment of patients at any medical insti- tution. 48 .s.o. 4. SEC. 2. That portion of section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to affairs in the Territories", approved February 6, 1909 (35 Stat. 600,601), which reads as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior shall hereafter, as in his judg- ment may be deemed advisable, advertise for and receive bids for the care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in the Dis- trict of Alaska and in behalf of the United States shall contract, for one or more years, as may be deemed best, with a responsible asylum

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