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# 24 U.S.C. § 15 - Superintendence of Navy hospitals

## Text

The Secretary of the Navy shall have the general charge and superintendence of Navy hospitals.

(R.S. § 4807.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 4807 derived from acts Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 1, 2 Stat. 650; July 10, 1832, ch. 194, § 5, 4 Stat. 573.