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PUBLIC LAW 88-505-AUG. 30, 1964

[78 STAT.

(35) Section 15 of Public Law 87-650 (76 Stat. 505; 36 l^.S.C. 1015); (36) Section 14 of Public Law 87-655 (76 Stat. 533; 36 U.S.C. 1054); (37) Section 14 of Public Law 87-817 (76 Stat. 933); (38) The words "including the full and complete statements of its receipts and expenditures'" contained in section 8 of the Act of August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 800). Approved August 30, 1964.

Public Law 88-505 August 30, 1964 [H. R. 5543]

St. EUzabesths H o s p i t a l, D.C. Commitment of p e r s o n s from Loudoun County, Va.

D.C. Code 32417a.

D.C. Code 32417e.

AN ACT To extend the provisions of the Act of October 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 759, ch. 672; 32 D.C. Code 417), to authorize the commitment of persons of unsound mind found on Federal reservations in Loudoun County, Virginia, to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of October 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 759; sec. 32-417, D.C. Code), is amended to read as follows: "That any United States commissioner specially designated for that purpose by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland shall have jurisdiction and authority to commit to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia, for observation and diagnosis, any person found in any place over which the United States has exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction in Arlington County, Fairfax Countj, Loudoun County, or the city of Alexandria, in the State of Virginia, or in Montgomery County or in Prince Georges County, in the State of Maryland, who is alleged, and is believed by the commissioner, to be of unsound mind. Any United States commissioner specially designated for that purpose by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have like jurisdiction and authority in the case of any person temporarily detained in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, pursuant to section 2 hereof. Any such commitment shall be for a period not exceeding thirty days and may be made only after a hearing before the commissioner upon the testimony under oath of at least two witnesses who shall testify as to their belief that the said person is of unsound mind and, in addition, upon the testimony under oath or affidavit of two physicians, at least one of whom is skilled in the treatment and diagnosis of nervous and mental disorders, who shall testify or certify in writing that they have examined the said person alleged to be of unsound mind and believe said person to be of unsound mind and not fit to remain at liberty and go unrestrained, and that such person should be in custody in a hospital for the treatment of mental or nervous disorders for his own safety and welfare and for the preservation of the peace and good order. I t shall be the duty of the head of the agency of the United States in control of the place where such person is apprehended to forthwith notify the husband or wife or some near relative or friend of the person so apprehended whose address may be known to said agency head or whose address can by reasonable inquiry be ascertained by him: Provided further, That in the case of any person described in section 6, the agency head shall notify the head of the department having jurisdiction over the service to which the individual belongs. The agency of the United States in control of

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