...consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 468) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize an institution for the insane of the army and navy and of the District of Columbia in the said District" was taken up and read a first and second time. Ordered, That the said bill be...

...institution was established by act of Congress, in 1855, and its objects were avowed to be "the most humane care and enlightened curative treatment of the insane of the army and navy of the United States, and of the District of Columbia." Plans for the buildings had previously been...

...Persons in District of Columbia, care of. An act supplementary to "An act to organize an institution for the Insane of the Army and Navy, and of the District of Columbia, in the said district," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty -five. Feb. 7, 1857, ch. 36....

...Government Hospital forth Insane, under the charge of CH Nichols, MD, (late of Bloomingdale) is now open for the Insane of the army and navy and of the District of Columbia ; it is situated two* miles south of the Capital on the eastern branch of the Potomac ; accommodations...

...Nichols then requesled the aitention of the Association to the plans of the proposed new Asylum for the Insane of the Army and Navy, and of the District of CoNichols. On motion of Dr. Steuart, President of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Hospital,...

...and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz: HR 755. An act to organize an institution for the insane of the army and navy and of the District of Columbia in the said District; HR 855. An act to continue the pension of Frances E. Baden ; HR 681. An act to...

...of the institution shall be The National Hospital for the Insane, and its objects shall be, the most humane care and enlightened curative treatment of...the army and navy and of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. And be it fur/her enacted, That nine citizens, a majority of whom shall reside within ten miles...

...of the institution shall be The National Hospital for the Insane, and its objects shall be, the most humane care and enlightened curative treatment of...the army and navy and of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,- That nine citizen?, a majority of whom shall reside within ten...

...are not required in tilling the earth. RECAPITULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SUGGESTED. 1. For the support of the insane of the army and navy and of the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30, 1866 $16,800 2. For erecting a lodge for colored insane 8,000 3. For fence...

...the acts of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. By recent acts of Congress, also, the hospital for the insane of the army and navy and of the District of Columbia is under the management of this department ; and, by assignment from the President, it has added to...