hospital under said bureau for a compensable disability during the period while they are so confined; (b) those who are rated as temporarily totally disabled by reason of an injury or disease entitling them to compensation during the period of such total disability and while they are so rated: Provided, That such relief from payment of premiums on renewable term insurance on the due date thereof shall be for full calendar months, beginning with the month in which said confinement to hospitals, or temporary total disability rating begins, and ending with that month during the half or major fraction of which the person is confined in hospital, or is rated as temporarily totally disabled: Provided further, That all premiums, the payment of which when due is waived as above provided, shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum compounded annually from the due date of each premium, and if not paid by the insured shall be deducted from the insurance when the same matures either because of permanent total disability or death."

SEC. 29. A new section is hereby added to Article IV of the War Risk Insurance Act to be known as section 410, and to read as follows:

"SEC. 410. Under such rules and regulations as the Director of the Veterans' Bureau and the Postmaster General may prescribe, the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to receive the premiums on yearly renewable term insurance and United States Government life insurance (converted insurance) and to act for and turn over to the Treasurer of the United States the money so received, and if the money-order system is used as an agency for the transmission of such money, the Postmaster General may adopt a specially-designed money-order form for such purpose, and he also is authorized to receive and transmit to the Veterans' Bureau applications for reinstatement of lapsed insurance and applications for conversion of yearly renewable term insurance."

SEC. 30. A new section is hereby added to Article IV of the War Risk Insurance Act to be known as section 411, and to read as follows: "SEC. 411. Subject to the provisions of section 29 of the War Risk Insurance Act and amendments thereto policies of insurance heretofore or hereafter issued in accordance with Article IV of the War Risk Insurance Act shall be incontestable after six months from date of issuance, or reinstatement, except for fraud or nonpayment of premiums.”

Approved, August 9, 1921.

[H. R. 10864]

An Act To authorize an appropriation to enable the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau to provide for the construction of additional hospital facilities and to provide medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies for persons who served in the World War, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion, and are patients of the United States Veterans' Bureau.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, subject to the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to provide additional hospital and outpatient dispensary facilities for persons who served in the World. War and are patients of the United States Veterans' Bureau, by purchase and remodeling or extension of existing plants, and by construction on sites now owned by the Government or on sites to be acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, or otherwise, such hospitals and outpatient dispensary facilities to include the necessary buildings and auxiliary structures, mechanical equipment, approach work, roads, and trackage facilities leading thereto, vehicles, live stock, furniture, equipment and accessories, and also to provide accommodations for officers, nurses, and attending personnel; and also to provide proper and suitable recreational centers; and the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau is authorized to accept gifts or donations for any of the purposes named herein. Such hospital plants shall be of fireproof construction and the location and nature thereof, whether for the treatment of tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric, or general medical and surgical cases, shall be in the discretion of the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, subject to the approval of the President: Provided, however, That the Director, with the approval of the President, may utilize such suitable buildings, structures, and grounds, now owned by the United States, as may be available for the purposes aforesaid, and the President is hereby authorized, by Executive order, to transfer any such buildings, structures, and grounds to the United States Veterans' Bureau upon the request of the Director thereof.

SEC. 2. That the construction of new hospitals or dispensaries, or the extension, alteration, remodeling, or repair of all hospitals or dispensaries heretofore or hereafter constructed shall be done in such manner as the President may determine, and he is authorized to require the architectural engineering, constructing, or other forces of any of the departments of the Government to do or assist in such work, and to employ individuals and agencies not now connected

with the Government, if in his opinion desirable, at such compensation as he may consider reasonable.

SEC. 3. That for carrying into effect the preceding paragraphs relating to additional hospital and outpatient dispensary facilities there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $17,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. That not to exceed 3 per centum of this sum shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants at the customary rates of compensation, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the plans and specifications for the projects authorized herein and for the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, field-office equipment and supplies in connection therewith.

SEC. 4. That all hospital facilities under the control and jurisdiction of the United States Veterans' Bureau shall be available for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion, suffering from neuropsychiatric and tubercular ailments and diseases.

Approved, April 20, 1922.

[H. R. 11547]

An Act Making an appropriation for additional hospital facilities for patients of the United States Veterans' Bureau.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation to enable the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau to provide for the construction of additional hospital facilities and to provide medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies for persons who served in the World War, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion, and are patients of the United States Veterans' Bureau," approved April 20, 1922, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $12,000,000, and in addition to this amount the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, subject to the approval of the President, may incur obligations for the purposes herein set forth not to exceed in the aggregate $5,000,000. Approved, May 11, 1922.

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[H. R. 11588]

An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection C of section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines," approved March 3, 1919, be amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence to read as follows: "Provided, That whenever any person, company, or corporation, municipal or private, shall undertake or shall have undertaken to secure any land or easement therein, which in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury is needed for the site of or in connection with the proper and convenient construction, maintenance, and operation of such sanatorium for the purpose of conveying the same to the United States free of cost and shall be unable for any reason to obtain the same by purchase and acquire a valid title thereto, the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, cause proceedings to be instituted to acquire such land or easement for the United States by condemnation of said land or easement, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to institute and conduct such proceedings upon the request of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That all expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made thereunder shall be paid by the said person, company, or corporation, to secure which payment the Secretary of the Treasury may require the said person, company, or corporation to execute a proper bond in such amount as he may deem necessary before said proceedings are commenced." Approved, July 1, 1922.