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[Sale of surplus products and waste material proceeds.] Government Hospital for the Insane. that hereafter the surplus products and waste material of the hospital may be sold or exchanged for the benefit of the hospital, and proceeds to be used and accounted for the same as its other funds: [22 Stat. L. 330.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of Aug. 7, 1882, ch. 433.

[VI. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR the Deaf and Dumb.]

Sec. 4859. [Establishment of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.] The corporation created by the act of February sixteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, under the name of the "Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb," shall have perpetual succession, and be capable to take, hold, and enjoy lands, tenements, hereditaments, and personal property, to use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. But no real or personal property shall be held by the corporation, except such as may be necessary to the maintenance and efficient management of the institution. [R. S.]

Act of Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46, 11 Stat. L. 161; Act of Feb. 23, 1865, ch. 50, 13 Stat. L. 436.

This institution is under the supervision of the secretary of the interior, and is subject to the provisions of section 3709, R. S., requiring all purchases and contracts for supplies or services to be made after advertising.

(1897) 22 Op. Atty. Gen. 1. But see (1896) 21 Op. Atty.-Gen. 349.

The Act of June 6, 1900, creating a board of charities for the District of Columbia, does not affect the supervision or jurisdiction of the secretary of the interior over this institution. (1900) 23 Op. Atty. Gen. 287.

Sec. 4860. [Terms of deed made part of charter.] The terms and conditions of the deed of transfer of the funds and property of Washington's Manual-Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia shall be as obligatory upon the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb as if they formed a part of its charter. [R. S.]

Act of June 13, 1860, ch. 120, 12 Stat. L. 30.

Sec. 4861. [Restriction on disposal of real property.] No part of the real or personal property now held or hereafter acquired by the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb shall be devoted to any other purpose than the education of the deaf and dumb, nor shall any portion of the real estate be aliened, sold, or conveyed, except under the authority of a special act of Congress. [R. S.]

Act of July 27, 1868, ch. 262, 15 Stat. L. 233.

Sec. 4862. [Election of officers.] The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb shall be managed as provided for in its present constitution, and such additional regulations as may from time to time be found necessary; but as soon as sufficient contributions shall have been paid in to authorize an election according to the provisions of the constitution, the provisional officers therein named shall give notice of a general meeting to the contributors for the election of officers, and the officers elected at such general meeting shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors shall be elected as in the constitution provided; and the constitution may be altered consistently with law, in the manner therein provided. [R. S.]

Act of Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46, 11 Stat. L. 161.

Sec. 4863. [Appointment of Government directors.] In addition to the directors whose appointment has heretofore been provided for by law, there shall be three other directors of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, appointed in the following manner: One Senator by the President of the Senate, and two Representatives by the Speaker of the House. These directors shall hold their offices for the term of a single Congress, and be eligible to a re-appointment. [R. S.]

Act of July 27, 1868, ch. 262, 15 Stat. L. 233.

The directors under this section remain in office until the appointment of their success

ors, according to a provision contained in the Act of July 1, 1898, ch. 546, given infra, p. 284.

Sec. 4864. [Admission of pupils from District of Columbia.] Whenever the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied, by evidence produced by the President of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, that any deaf and dumb person of teachable age, properly belonging to the District of Columbia, is in indigent circumstances and cannot command the means to secure an education, it shall be his duty to authorize such person to enter the institution for instruction. [R. S.]

Act of Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46, 11 Stat. L. 162; Act of July 27, 1868, ch. 262, 15 Stat. L. 233.

Feeble-minded children to be instructed. See provision from the Act of June 16, 1880, ch. 235, infra, p. 284.

Sec. 4865. [Admission of pupils from States and Territories.] Deaf mutes, not exceeding forty in number, residing in the several States and Territories, applying for admission to the collegiate department of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, shall be received on the same terms. and conditions as those prescribed by law for residents of the District of Columbia, at the discretion of the president of the institution; but no student coming from either of the States shall be supported by the United States during any portion of the time he remains therein. [R. S.]

Act of March 2, 1867, ch. 167, 14 Stat. L. 464; Act of July 15, 1870, ch. 292, 16 Stat. L. 291, 294.

The number admissible from states and ter

ritories is increased by provisions from the Acts of Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837, given infra, p. 285, and June 6, 1900, ch. 791, given infra, p. 286.

Sec. 4866. [Justices of the peace to report deaf and dumb persons in District.] It shall be the duty of the justices of the peace for the District of Columbia to ascertain the names and residences of all deaf and dumb persons within their respective districts; who of them are of teachable age, and also who of them are in indigent circumstances; and to report the same to the president of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. [R. S.]

Act of Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46, 11 Stat. L. 162.

Sec. 4867. [Report of superintendent to Congress. See ESTIMATES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND REPORTS, vol. 2, p. 926.] Report of superintendent to be itemized. See provision from the Act of March 3, 1883, ch. 143, under title ESTIMATES, APPROPRIATIONS, and RepoRTS, vol. 2, p. 937.

Sec. 4868. [Annual report of president and directors.] It shall be the duty of the president and directors of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb to report to the Secretary of the Interior the condition of the institution on the first day of July in each year, embracing in the report the number of pupils of each description received and discharged during the preceding year, and the number remaining in the institution; also the branches of

knowledge and industry taught, and the progress made therein; also a statement showing the receipts of the institution, and from what sources, and its disbursements, and for what objects. [R. S.]

Act of Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46, 11 Stat. L. 162.

Sec. 4869. [Education of indigent blind persons.] Whenever the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied, by evidence produced by the president of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, that any blind person of teachable age cannot command the means to secure an education, he may cause such person to be instructed in some institution for the education of the blind, in Maryland, or some other State, at a cost not greater for each pupil than is, or may be for the time being, paid by such State, and to cause the same to be paid out of the Treasury of the United States. [R. S.]

Act of Feb. 16, 1857, ch. 46, 11 Stat. L. 162; Act of Feb. 23, 1865, ch. 50, 13 Stat. L. 436.

[District of Columbia to pay one-half of indefinite appropriation.] Hereafter one-half of the indefinite appropriation to pay for the instruction of the indigent blind children of the District of Columbia, formerly instructed in the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half out of the Treasury of the United States. [30 Stat. L. 1101.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of March 3, 1899, ch. 424.

Indefinite appropriation for instruction of blind. See R. S. sec. 3689, under title ESTI

MATES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND REPORTS, vol. 2, p. 912.

Education through the American Printing House for the Blind. See EDUCATION, vol. 2, p. 857.

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control of disbursements — accounts settled at Treasury Department.] Current expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: * * That directors appointed under the provisions of section forty-eight hundred and sixty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall remain in office until the appointment and acceptance of office of their successors; and the directors of the institution shall have control of the disbursement of all moneys appropriated by Congress for the benefit of said institution, accounts for which shall be settled and adjusted at the Treasury Department as required by the provisions of section two hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes. * * *

[30 Stat. L. 624.]

March 3, 1891, ch. 546, 26 Stat. L. 1077; Act
of March 3, 1897, ch. 837, 29 Stat. L. 681.
R. S. sec. 236, above referred to, requires
accounts to be adjusted in the department of
the treasury; see TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

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[Feeble-minded children in District of Columbia to be instructed.] Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. That when any indigent applicant for admission to the institution, belonging to the District of Columbia,

and being of teachable age, is found on examination by the president of the institution to be of feeble mind, and hence incapable of receiving instruction among children of sound mind, the Secretary of the Interior may cause such person to be instructed in some institution for the education of feeble-minded children in Pennsylvania, or some other State, at a cost not greater for each pupil than is, or may be for the time being, paid by such State for similar instruction. [21 Stat. L. 275.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of June 16, 1880, ch. 235.

[Educating feeble-minded children in District of Columbia— one-half expenses from District revenues-annual estimates.] To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the education of feeble-minded children belonging to the District of Columbia as provided for in the act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, three thousand four hundred dollars. One-half of this sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half out of the Treasury of the United States, and hereafter the estimates for this expense shall each year be submitted in the annual estimates for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. [26 Stat. L. 393.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837.
The provision from the Act of June 16, 1880, above referred to, is given supra, p. 284.

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[Deaf mutes from District of Columbia to be admitted not a charitable institution.] Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: Provided, That hereafter all deaf mutes of teachable age, of good mental capacity, and properly belonging to the District of Columbia shall be received and instructed in said institution, their admission thereto being subject to the approval of the superintendent of public schools in the District of Columbia. And said institution shall not be regarded nor classified as an institution of charity. [31 Stat. L. 844.]

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This is from the District of Columbia Appropriation Act of March 1, 1901, ch. 670.

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[Persons admitted from states and territories- limit on number-book of estimates to show employees.] Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. That deaf-mutes, not exceeding sixty in number, admitted to this institution from the several States and Territories under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, shall have the expenses of their instruction in the collegiate department paid from this appropriation, together with so much of the expense of their support when indigent and while in the institution as may be authorized by the board of trustees, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and hereafter there shall not be admitted to said institution under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, nor shall there be maintained after such admission, at any one time from any State or Territory exceeding three deaf mutes while there are applications pending from deaf-mutes, citizens of States or Territories having less than three pupils in said institution: Provided further, That hereafter there shall be

included in the annual Book of Estimates a statement showing the number of persons employed each year in this institution and the compensation paid to each. [26 Stat. L. 392.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837.

Number increased from sixty to one hun

dred. See following provision from the Act of June 6, 1900, ch. 791.

R. S. sec. 4865, above referred to, is given supra, p. 283.

[State beneficiaries increased.] Current expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, for books and illustrative apparatus, and for general repairs and improvements, fifty-four thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the number of beneficiaries in said institution, authorized by the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to be received from the several States and Territories, is hereby increased from sixty to one hundred. [31 Stat. L. 620.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of June 6, 1900, ch. 791.

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[One-half of expenses of persons admitted from District of Columbia to be borne from District revenues.] Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: * * That one half of all expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb persons admitted to said institution from the District of Columbia, under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes, shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half out of the Treasury of the United States, and hereafter estimates for such expenses shall each year be submitted in the regular estimates for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia: [25 Stat. L. 962.]

This is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of March 2, 1889, ch. 411.

[VII. FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL.]

Sec. 2038. [Freedmen's Hospital in District of Columbia continued, etc.] The Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum in the District of Columbia is, until otherwise ordered by Congress, continued under the control and supervision of the Secretary of War, who shall make all estimates, pass all accounts, and be responsible to the Treasury for all expenditures; but no part of any appropriation shall be used in support of, or to pay the expenses on account of, any person hereafter to be admitted to such Hospital and Asylum, unless persons removed thither from some other Government hospital. [R. S.]

Act of June 10, 1872, ch. 415, 17 Stat. L. 366; Act of March 3, 1871, ch. 114, 16 Stat. L. 506.

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Transferred to interior department. See provision from the Act of June 23, 1874, ch. 455, given infra, p. 287, which continues the Freedmen's Hospital under the direction of the secretary of the interior.

Estimates for hospital. See provision from the Act of Aug. 5, 1892, ch. 380, given infra, that estimates are to be submitted with estimates for the District of Columbia.

Supervision of expenditures for the hospital is, by a provision in the Act of March 3, 1893, ch. 199, given infra, p. 287, to be with the commissioners of the District of Columbia.