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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 596, 597-JUNE 22, 1948 Condition of trans fer. Surplus lands of Department of Army. Acquisition of land. Appropriation au. thorized. June 22, 1948 [H. R. 6289] [Public Law 737] Saint Elizabeths Hospital, D. C. Treatment of men- tal patients. Reimbursement by Board of Public Wel- fare. r [CHAPTER 597] AN ACT To provide for the voluntary admission and treatment of mental patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Super- intendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital may receive therein as a boarder and patient any adult person who appears to the Superintendent to be in need of mental care and treatment in a mental hospital, and who makes written application therefor and who is determined by the Superintendent to be mentally competent to make such application; and any person, under the age of twenty-one years, who appears to the Superintendent to be in need of mental care and treatment in a mental hospital, and whose parent, legal guardian, or other legal representative makes written application on behalf of such minor: Provided, That no such person shall be received as a boarder and patient in Saint Elizabeths Hospital under authority of this Act unless the certification provided for in subsection (b) of this section shall have been made with respect to him: Provided further, That no person shall be permitted to remain in such hospital as boarder and patient after the need for his treatment at a mental hospital has ceased: And provided further, That no person shall be permitted to remain in such hospital as a boarder and patient after the Superin- tendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital or his authorized representative has been notified that the certification provided for in subsection (b) has been revoked. (b) Upon request therefor by the Superintendent of Saint Eliza- beths Hospital, the Board of Public Welfare, if it finds that any per- son with respect to whom the application described in subsection (a) has been made was a resident of and domiciled within the District of Columbia for one year next preceding the time of such application, shall certify to the Superintendent that it will reimburse Saint Eliza- 572 [62 STAT. to the lands lying east of route 619, now or hereafter acquired for the Chopawamsic Park: Provided, however, That the transfer of juris- diction herein authorized shall not be effectuated until funds have been made available by the Congress for the acquisition of the lands referred to in section 3 of this Act. SEC. 2. That all of the lands that were formerly acquired by the War Department and that are now surplus to the needs of the Department of the Army within and adjacent to the Chopawamsic Park, compris- ing approximately one thousand one hundred and thirty-eight and sixty-two one hundredths acres, are hereby added to and made a part of that park, and shall be subject to all the laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. SEc. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by donation or purchase, lands adjoining or contiguous to the Chopawamsic Park, in the State of Virginia, as may be neces- sary for the proper rounding out of the boundaries of that park, but not exceeding one thousand five hundred acres. The title to real prop- erty acquired pursuant to this Act shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General of the United States. All property acquired by the United States pursuant to this Act shall become a part of the Chopawamsic Park upon acceptance of title thereto, and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. SE. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed the sum of $10,000 to carry out the provisions of section 3 of this Act. Approved June 22, 1948.

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