Hospitals & Asylums
Chapter 2 Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home
The commissioners are authorized to receive all donations of money or property made by any person for the benefit of the institution, and hold the same for its sole and exclusive use.
(R.S. §4819; June 12, 1906, ch. 3078, 34 Stat. 242; derived from Mar. 3, 1851, ch. 25 §7, 9 Stat. 596; Mar. 3, 1859, ch. 82, §7, 11 Stat. 434; May 11, 1908, ch. 163, 35 Stat. 110; The Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1949, act June 25, 1948, ch. 655, 1 1, 62 Stat. 1023, provided in part: "That any owning or disposal agency is authorized to transfer surplus property, other than real estate, to the United States Soldiers' Home without reimbursement or transfer of funds"; Similar provisions were carried in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1948, act July 31, 1947, ch. 411, I 1, 61 Stat. 691, and in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, act Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 589, title I, 59 Stat. 641; Nov. 29, 1989, Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III, §347(1), 103 Stat. 1422; Repealed. Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, §1532(b)(1), (2), (5), (6), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1733; eff. Nov. 5 1991)