24 USC Ch. 8: GORGAS HOSPITAL

From Title 24—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS

CHAPTER 8—GORGAS HOSPITAL

Sec.

301.

Ancon Hospital to be known as Gorgas Hospital.

302.

Change of name as affecting various rights; records, maps, and public documents.

§301. Ancon Hospital to be known as Gorgas Hospital

In recognition of his distinguished services to humanity and as a fitting perpetuation of the name and memory of Major General William Crawford Gorgas, the Government hospital within the Canal Zone, near the City of Panama, known prior to March 24, 1928, as the Ancon Hospital, shall after such date be known and designated on the public records as the Gorgas Hospital.

(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, §1, 45 Stat. 365.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

§302. Change of name as affecting various rights; records, maps, and public documents

The change in the name of said hospital shall in no wise affect the rights of the Federal Government, or any municipality, corporation, association, or person; and all records, maps, and public documents of the United States in which said hospital is mentioned or referred to under the name of the Ancon Hospital or otherwise shall be held to refer to the said hospital under and by the name of the Gorgas Hospital.

(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, §2, 45 Stat. 366.)