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base and meridian, distant northerly thereon eight hundred fortytwo and fifteen one-hundredths feet from the west quarter-corner of
said section 30.
Approved October 10, 1949 .
[CHAPTER 671]
AN ACT
October 11, 1949
To promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of [H. R. 2413]
[Public
Law 345]
wildlife, fish and game conservation and rehabilitation in the Eglin Field
Reservation .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Air Force is hereby authorized and directed to carry out a
program of planning, development, maintenance, and coordination
of wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in the Eglin
Field Reservation in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior
through the Fish and Wildlife Service . The. Secretary of the Air
Force is hereby authorized and directed to adopt suitable regulations
for such conservation and rehabilitation in accordance with a general
plan agreed upon between the Secretary of the Air Force and the
Secretary of the Interior, including provisions for the restocking,
propagation, and conservation of game and fish in said reservation .
Such regulations shall provide for the issuance of hunting and fishing
permits to individuals and shall require the payment of a nominal fee
therefor, which fees shall be utilized for restocking, propagation, and
other related wildlife activities in said reservation. Such regulations
shall not be inconsistent with, insofar as possible, the law and regulations of the State of Florida relating to hunting and fishing .
SEC . 2. That the Secretary of the Air Force is hereby authorized
and directed to expend a sum equal to all sums heretofore or hereafter
accumulated by the Air Force from money collected through the sale
of game permits in the Eglin Field Reservation prior to and after
the adoption of the program authorized by this Act for the purposes
of said program. Proper accounting of funds thus expended shall
be made at the direction of the Secretary .
SEC. 3. That the Department of the Air Force is held free from
any liability to pay into the Treasury of the United States upon the
operation of said program authorized by this Act any funds which
may have been or may hereafter be expended by the United States
Air Force to carry out the purposes of said program, and which
expenditure has been properly accounted for to the Comptroller
General of the United States.
Approved October 11, 1949 .
Eglin Field Reservation .
Fish and game conservation, etc .
Regulations.
Use of funds from
sale of game permits.
Nonliability .
[CHAPTER 672]
AN ACT
To provide for the detention, care, and treatment of persons of unsound mind
in certain Federal reservations in Virginia and Maryland .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the
United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 County, or the city
October 11 1949
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[Public Law 346]
St . Elizabeths Hospital, P . C .
Care, etc., of certain
mentally unsound persons of Va . and Md .
760
Period of commitment .
Notification of husband or wife, etc .
Notification of department bead.
Compensation of
physician.
Expenses of witnesses .
Authority of U . S.
Officer, etc.
Hearing.
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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 . It 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 5, 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 the place where such person is apprehended is authorized to employ
physicians for the aforesaid purpose and to pay compensation for their
services and to pay expenses of witnesses in such proceedings out of
funds available therefor . Physicians who are officers or employees of
the United States or who are members of the armed forces of the
United States are hereby authorized to render such services without
additional compensation .
SEC. 2 . Any officer or employee of the United States authorized to
make arrests, and any guard or watchman employed by the United
States is hereby authorized and empowered to apprehend and detain
any person whom he believes to be of unsound mind and found in any
of the aforesaid places and, except as provided in section 3 hereof, to
bring such person for a hearing before a United States Commissioner
for the district where such person was apprehended and designated as
provided in section 1 hereof. If an immediate hearing before a commissioner cannot be had, such officer or employee is authorized and
empowered to take such person to Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the
Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital is authorized to detain
such person pending a hearing before a United States commissioner
for the District of Columbia, designated as provided in section 1 hereof,
for a period not exceeding seventy-two hours . Such commissioner
shall hold a hearing as promptly as practicable after the apprehension
of such person and in any event not later than seventy-two hours thereafter. Such hearing shall be conducted at Saint Elizabeths Hospital
if the Superintendent thereof shall certify that in his opinion it would
be prejudicial to the health of the patient or unsafe to produce the
patient at a hearing elsewhere . If, after any hearing at a place other
than Saint Elizabeths Hospital, the commissioner commits a person
to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, any officer, employee, guard, or watchman above-mentioned is authorized to transport such person to Saint
Elizabeths Hospital in accordance with the order of the commissioner .
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SEC. 3 . Any person in any of the places described in section 1 hereof
may, upon his written application, be admitted for observation and
diagnosis to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the discretion of the Superintendent thereof for a period not exceeding 30 days . Any such person
expressing a desire for release from Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall
be released within 72 hours thereafter, unless proceedings for his
adjudication as a person of unsound mind shall have been instituted
as provided for in section 5 hereof.
SEC . 4. The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital is hereby
authorized and directed to receive for observation and diagnosis any
person apprehended or committed as provided in sections 1 and 2
hereof for the periods therein prescribed, unless such person is sooner
discharged or returned to his home or to the State of his residence .
SEC . 5. The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall
promptly examine any person committed as provided in sections 1 and
2 of this Act and (a) if found to be of sound mind, shall forthwith
discharge said person, or (b) if found to be of unsound mind, shall
return such person to the State of his residence or to his relatives, if
practicable . Proceedings for the adjudication of such person, or of
any person admitted to the hospital pursuant to section 3 hereof, as a
person of unsound mind and for the appointment of a committee of
his person or property may be instituted in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia by the Federal Security Administrator or by any party interested . The laws of the District of
Columbia shall be applicable to such proceedings . Nothing in this
Act shall be construed as imposing upon the District of Columbia the
expense of care and treatment of any person apprehended, detained,
or committed under this Act unless such person be a resident of the
District of Columbia as defined in section 8 of the Act entitled "An
Act to provide for insanity proceedings in the District of Columbia",
approved August 9, 1939 .
SEC. 6. Any person belonging to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, or Coast Guard arrested, apprehended, detained, or committed
under the provisions of this Act shall, upon the request of the head
of the department having jurisdiction over the service to which the
individual belongs, be transferred forthwith to the custody of such
department.
SEC. 7 . If any person adjudicated to be of unsound mind under the
provisions of this Act is entitled to care and treatment in a Veterans'
Administration facility, he may be committed by the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia to the custody of the
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for placement in an available
facility or may be transferred by the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital to any such facility : Provided, That nothing in this
Act shall limit, restrict, or deprive the courts of any State or the District of Columbia of jurisdiction to commit to the Veterans' Administration any insane person entitled to care and treatment by the Veterans' Administration in accordance with the laws so made and
provided by such States or the District of Columbia .
SEC . 8. The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital is authorized to arrange for and pay the expenses of the transfer of any person
committed to his custody pursuant to the provisions of this Act or
admitted to the Hospital pursuant to section 3 hereof, to his relatives
or to a hospital in the State of his residence and in connection with
such transfer is authorized to pay the transportation and expenses of
attendants necessary to insure safe travel .
Approved October 11, 1949 .
Written application
for admission .
Release .
Examination, etc.
Adjudication pro-ceedings.
Applicability of
D. Claws.
53 Stat. 1296.
D. C . Code é 21-315.
Transfer of custody
of armed services personnel.
Transfer to Veterans' facility.
Travel, etc., expenses.
Supra .
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[63 STAT.
[CHAPTER 673]
AN ACT
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 .
October 11, 1949
[S . 2372]
[Public Law 3471
Atomic Energy
Act of 1946, amendments .
60 Stat.757.
42 U . S . C . é 1802 (c) ;
Supp. II, é 1802 notes.
Chairman .
Compensation.
Authority to make
recommendations.
60 Stat . 758 .
42 U . S . C . é 1802 (d) ;
Supp . II, é 1802 notes.
hajra .
Chairman of Military Liaison Committee .
Supra .
October 11, 1949
[S. J. Res . 53]
[Public Law 348]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 (c)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 is amended to read as follows
"(C) MILITARY LIAISON COMMITTEE . -There shall be a Military
Liaison Committee consisting of a Chairman, who shall be the head
thereof, and of a representative or representatives of the Departments
of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, detailed or assigned thereto, without additional compensation, in such number as the Secretary of
Defense may determine . Representatives from each of the three
Departments shall be designated by the respective Secretaries of the
Army, Navy, and Air Force . The Committee Chairman shall be
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and shall receive compensation at a rate prescribed by law
for the Chairman of the Munitions Board . The Commission shall
advise and consult with the Committee on all atomic-energy matters
which the Committee deems to relate to military applications, including the development, manufacture, use and storage of bombs, the
allocation of fissionable material for military research, and the control
of information relating to the manufacture or utilization of atomic
weapons. The Commission shall keep the Committee fully informed
of all such matters before it and the Committee shall keep the Commission fully informed of all atomic energy activities of the Department of Defense. The Committee shall have authority to make written recommendations to the Commission on matters relating to military applications from time to time as it may deem appropriate. If
the Committee at any time concludes that any action, proposed action,
or failure to act of the Commission on such matters is adverse to the
responsibilities of the Department of Defense, derived from the Constitution, laws, and treaties, the Committee may refer such action,
proposed action, or failure to act to the Secretary of Defense . If the
Secretary concurs, he may refer the matter to the President, whose
decision shall be final."
SEC. 2. Section 2 (d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 is amended
by striking out "Army or the Navy" and inserting in lieu thereof,
"Army, Navy, or Air Force" .
SEC. 3. Section 2 (d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 is also
amended by inserting at the end thereof the following two sentences
"Likewise, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any active
or retired officer of the Army, Navy, or Air Force may serve as Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee established by subsection (c)
of this section, without prejudice to his commissioned status as such
officer. Any such officer serving as Chairman of the Military Liaison
Committee shall receive, in addition to his pay from the United States
as such officer, an amount equal to the difference between such pay and
the compensation prescribed in subsection (c) of this section ."
Approved October 11, 1949 .
[CHAPTER 674]
JOINT RESOLUTION
To provide for the reforestation and revegetation of the forest and range lands
of the national forests, and for other purposes .
Whereas the national forests of the United States contain approximately eighty million acres of the Nation's commercial timber lands
and approximately eighty-three million acres of the Nation's
important grazing lands ; and