§ 18. — Rules and regulations for Army and Navy Hospital.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 24USC18]
TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 1--NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF
FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS
Sec. 18. Rules and regulations for Army and Navy Hospital
The Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, shall
be subject to such rules, regulations, and restrictions as shall be
provided by the President of the United States and shall remain under
the jurisdiction and control of the Department of the Army.
(June 30, 1882, ch. 254, Sec. 1, 22 Stat. 121; June 18, 1930, ch. 525,
Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 781; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61
Stat. 501.)
Amendments
1930--Act June 18, 1930, provided that the hospital was to be
subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Department of War.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by act July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July
26, 1947, was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 53, 70A
Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956 enacted ``Title 10, Armed
Forces'', which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the
Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Ex. Ord. No. 10272. Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of the Army
Ex. Ord. No. 10272, July 10, 1951, 16 F.R. 6711, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of
August 8, 1950, c. 646, 64 Stat. 419 [section 301 of Title 3 The
President], and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered
that the Secretary of the Army be, and he is hereby, designated and
empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 1
of the act of June 30, 1882, 22 Stat. 117, 121, as amended [this
section], to provide rules, regulations, and restrictions with respect
to the Army and Navy hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas: Provided, That
the rules, regulations, and restrictions prescribed under the authority
of this order shall, so far as feasible, be uniform with those obtaining
with respect to other hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Department
of the Army, and that those prescribed by the Executive order of August
25, 1892, as amended by Executive Order No. 6885 of October 23, 1934,
shall continue in force and effect until amended, modified, or revoked
by the Secretary of the Army in action taken pursuant to this order.
Harry S. Truman.
