words: "Provided, That surgeons, assistant surgeons, and other medical officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the several branches thereof, may be appointed from others than those who have been disabled in the military service of the United States." Act of February 9, 1897 (29 Stat. 517), amending R. S. 4829.

Provided further, That no person shall be eligible to or hold any position or employment in the government or management of any home who is interested in or connected with, directly or indirectly, any brewery, dramshop, or distillery in the State where such home is located. Act of Mar. 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 540), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

The " following section of the Revised Statutes, referred to in this section, R. S. 4830, is set forth 1997, post.

Notes of Decisions.

Status of governor.-The governor of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is not an "officer" of the United

States. In re Doe's Estate (Wis. 1912), 138 N. W. 97.

1979. Veterans preferred as officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-Hereafter the officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and officers under the Board of Managers thereof, shall be appointed, so far as may be practicable, from persons whose military or naval service would render them eligible, if disabled and not otherwise provided for, for admission to the Home, and they may be appointed, removed, and transferred, from time to time, as the interests of the institution may require, by the Board of Managers. Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stat. 472).

1980. Pay and mileage allowance of officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-That the Board of Managers shall classify all the officers and employees of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and establish a rate of pay and allowance for each class, and the rate so established shall not be increased by fees, perquisites, allowances, or advantages under any pretense whatever; and no employee shall be borne on more than one pay roll or voucher.

That when an officer of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, not a member of the Board of Managers thereof, travels under orders on business for the Home he shall be allowed seven cents in lieu of all other expenses for each mile actually traveled, distance to be computed by the most direct through route. Act of Aug. 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 412), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1981. Treasurers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to give bonds. The general treasurer shall give good and sufficient bond to the United States in a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars, as the Secretary of War may direct, and to be approved by him, faithfully to account for all public moneys and property which he may receive, and the treasurers of the several Branch Homes shall give good and sufficient bonds to the general treasurer in such sums as he may require, and to be approved by him, faithfully to account for all public moneys and property which they may receive. Act of Aug. 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 412), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1982. Funds for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.- * * And from and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, no money shall be appropriated or drawn for the support and maintenance of what is now designated by law as the "National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," except by direct and specific annual appropriations by law.

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And no moneys shall, after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be drawn from the Treasury for the use of said home, except in pursuance of quarterly estimates, and upon quarterly requisitions by the managers thereof upon the Secretary of War, based upon such quarterly esti mates, for the support of said home for not more than three months next succeeding such requisition. And no money shall be drawn or paid upon any such requisition while any balance heretofore drawn or received by said home, or for its use, from the Treasury, under the laws now or heretofore existing, and now held under investment or otherwise, shall remain unexpended.

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Sec. 1, act of Mar. 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 359), making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses, War Department.

The allotments made by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the care of beneficiaries of that bureau by said board shall also be available for expenditure by the board on that account at such of the homes and for such of the objects of expenditure at such homes as are hereinbefore enumerated, including the sums allotted for alteration and improvement of existing facilities so as to provide adequate accommodations for the beneficiaries of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 906), making appropriations for sundry ciril expenses: National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

In regard to allotments see 2013, post.

Provision for the various expenses and branches of the home appears annually in the acts making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1983. Balance of pension due at death of veteran in National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-Hereafter any balance of pension money due a member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at the time of his death shall be paid to his widow, minor children or dependent mother or father in the order named, and should no widow, minor child, or dependent parent be discovered within one year from the time of the death of the pensioner, said balance shall be paid to the post fund of the Branch of said National Home of which the pensioner was a member at the time of his death, to be used for the common benefit of the members of the Home under the direction of the Board of Managers, subject to future reclamation by the relatives hereinbefore designated, upon application filed with the Board of Managers within five years after the pensioner's death. Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 564).

Notes of Decisions.

Payment to post fund.-The Southern Branch Soldiers' Home was incorporated by Congress and is governed by regulations prescribed by its board of managers, and

in the case of a pensioner dying without leaving widow, minor child, or dependent mother or father, it is governed by this act. O'Mara v. U. S. (1911), 47 Ct. Cl. 27.

1984. Disposition of personal property of a veteran after death in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-Hereafter the application of any person for membership in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the admission of the applicant thereunder shall be and constitute a valid and binding contract between such applicant and the Board of Managers of said home that on the death of said applicant while a member of such home, leaving no heirs at law nor next of kin, all personal property owned by said applicant at the time of his death, including money or choses in action held by him and not disposed of by will, whether such property be the proceeds of pensions or otherwise derived, shall vest in and become the property of said Board of

Managers for the sole use and benefit of the post fund of said home, the proceeds to be disposed of and distributed among the several branches as may be ordered by said Board of Managers, and that all personal property of said applicant shall, upon his death, while a member, at once pass to and vest in said Board of Managers, subject to be reclaimed by any legatee or person entitled to take the same by inheritance at any time within five years after the death of such member. The Board of Managers is directed to so change the form of application for membership as to give reasonable notice of this provision to each applicant and as to contain the consent of the applicant to accept membership upon the conditions herein provided. Sec. 1, act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 736), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1985. Receipts from sales of property of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-That all sums received from sales of subsistence stores or other property of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be taken up by the disbursing officer under the proper current appropriation and be available for disbursement on account of that appropriation. Act of Aug. 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 412), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses. 1986. Security for deposits of funds of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-That from and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to require from the president and cashier of all banks used as depositories by the treasurer of the Home a deposit of bonds sufficient in amount to fully secure all moneys pertaining to said Home left on deposit with any such bank. Sec. 2, act of July 9, 1886 (24 Stat. 129). This section was part of an act to reimburse the home for losses incurred through the failure of a bank named in sec. 1, which is omitted, as temporary and executed. 1987. Expenditures by the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Provided, That all purchases of supplies exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars at any one time shall be made upon public tender after due advertisement, and that the expenditure for new buildings shall be expressly authorized in writing: Act of March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. 390) making

appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1988. Supplies for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-* Hereafter all supplies for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be purchased, shipped, and distributed as may be directed by the Board of Managers. Act of July 1, 1898 (30 Stat. 640), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1989. Medical supplies for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sodiers.— That hereafter upon proper application therefor, the Medical Department of the Army is authorized to sell medical and hospital supplies at its contract prices to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; Act of June 11, 1896 (29 Stat. 445), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1990. Funds of branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-* * * Provided, That all amounts disbursed from the appropriation of a Branch Home shall be disbursed and accounted for monthly to the general treasurer by the treasurer of that Branch, except such expenditures for services, stationery, tableware, clothing and bedding as may be required by the Board of Managers to be legally made by the general treasurer, and all such stationery, tableware, clothing. and bedding as may be required for each Branch Home shall be shipped directly from the place of purchase or manufacture to such Branch Home; and all disbursements shall be made in conformity with

sections thirty-six hundred and seventy-eight and thirty-six hundred and seventy-nine, Revised Statutes: Provided further, That the balance of the posthumous fund, including the amount invested in bonds pertaining to that fund, that may be in the hands of the treasurer of any Branch of the Home on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be transferred to the appropriation for "current expenses, eighteen hundred and ninety-five," of that Branch Home, and thereafter all receipts on account of the effects of deceased members shall be credited to the appropriation for “current expenses" of the fiscal year during which such amounts were received, and all repayments of such amounts shall be made from and charged to the like appropriation for the fiscal year in which such repayments shall be made. Act of Aug. 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 411), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

R. S. 3678, mentioned in this section, providing that appropriations should be applied to the objects for which made, is set forth 222, ante.

R. S. 3679, also mentioned in this section, providing that no sum should be expended, or contract involving future payment made, in excess of the appropriations for that fiscal year, is set forth 224, 35, 226, ante.

1991. Quarterly account rendered by the managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-* ** And the managers of said home shall, at the commencement of each quarter of the year, render to the Secretary of War an account of all their receipts and expenditures for the quarter immediately preceding, with the vouchers for such expenditures; and all such accounts and vouchers shall be authenticated by the officers of said home thereunto duly appointed by said managers, and audited, and allowed, as required by law for the general appropriations and expenditures of the War Department. Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 360), making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses: War Department.

1992. Supervision of accounts of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.- ** Provided, That the accounts relating to the expenditure of said sums, as also all receipts by said home from whatever source, shall, in addition to the supervision now provided for, be reported to and supervised by the Secretary of War. Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 984), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

** and the Secretary of War shall hereafter exercise the same supervision over all receipts and disbursements on account of the volunteer soldiers' homes as he is required by law to apply to the accounts of disbursing officers of the Army. Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 653), making appropriations to supply deficiencies.

For requirements as to annual inspections of the home see ante, 546.

1993. Audit of accounts of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-* * Provided, That the accounts relating to the expenditure of all public moneys appropriated for the support and maintenance of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be audited by the Board of Managers of said Home in the same manner as is provided for the accounts of the various Departments of the United States Government, and thereupon immediately transmitted directly to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department for final audit and settlement. Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1178), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1994. Annual report of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

And hereafter there shall annually be submitted to the Secretary of War a detailed statement of the expenses of the Board of Managers of the

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, who shall submit the same to Congress at the beginning of each session thereof. Act of March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. 510), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

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* And hereafter the detailed statement of the expenses of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be reported direct to Congress in the annual report of the Board of Managers. But all of the expenditures of the said Home, including the expenses of the Board of Managers, shall be made subject to the general laws governing the disbursement of public moneys, so far as the same can be made applicable thereto, and shall be audited by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 539), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

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Provided, That hereafter the statement of expenses of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall each year be submitted in the annual book of estimates and shall be made to show the amount of salary or compensation paid to each of the officers and employees of said Board, and there shall also be submitted therewith a statement showing the number of officers appointed at each of the Branch Homes under Section four thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, the amount of salary or compensation paid to each, and the amount of allowance to each, if any, for contingent or other expenses. Act of Aug. 5, 1892 (27 Stat. 384), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

Previous provisions for including the estimates for the home in the estimates for the War Department, in connection with provisions relating to the disposal of unexpended balances of appropriations for the home, were made by 218, ante.

1995. Prohibition of intoxicants about branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-Provided, That no part of the foregoing appropriations shall be expended for any purpose at any branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers that maintains or permits to be maintained on its premises a bar, canteen, or other place where beer, wine, or other intoxicating liquors are sold. Act of July 19, 1919 (41 Stat. 193), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1996. Headquarters of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.The headquarters of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be established and hereafter maintained at the Central Branch, National Military Home, Ohio, and shall occupy for offices, without expenditure for rent, any general or post fund building. Act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 297), making appropriations for sundry civil expenses.

1997. Location of branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The board of managers shall have authority to procure from time to time, at suitable places, sites for military homes for all persons serving in the Army of the United States at any time in the war of the rebellion, not otherwise provided for, who have been or may be disqualified for procuring their own support by reason of wounds received or sickness contracted while in the line of their duty during the rebellion; and to have the necessary buildings erected, having due regard to the health of location, facility of access, and capacity to accommodate the persons entitled to the benefits thereof. R. S. 4830. Under authority conferred by separate statutes branch homes have been established at the following places:

The Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio.