Title 24, Hospitals and AsylumsRelease 119-102
§16 Allowance of Rations to Navy Hospitals
Title 24 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS › § 16
Summary
Navy hospitals must get one ration per day for every Navy officer, seaman, or marine admitted there. The cost of that ration is charged to the United States' account for that person.
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Title 24, §16
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For every Navy officer, seaman, or marine admitted into a Navy hospital, the institution shall be allowed one ration per day during his continuance therein, to be deducted from the account of the United States with such officer, seaman, or marine.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 4812 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 5, 2 Stat. 650.
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24 U.S.C. § 16
Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102