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title_name: "HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS"
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# 24 U.S.C. § 17 - Government of Naval Asylum

## Text

The asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines shall be governed in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.

(R.S. § 4811.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 4811 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, § 4, 2 Stat. 650.