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24 U.S.C. 16: Allowance of rations to Navy hospitalsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 24-HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMSCHAPTER 1-NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS
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§16. Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals

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.

(R.S. § 4812.)

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R.S. § 4812 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 5, 2 Stat. 650.