[Printer’s No., 3774. 
47th CONGRESS, 
1st Session. 
H. R. 3577. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
January 80, 1882. 
Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 
Mr. Martin introduced the following bill: 
A BILL 
To establish a marine hospital at or near Lewes, Delaware. 
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
3 That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed 
4 to erect, on lands to be ceded by the State of Delaware, such 
5 buildings as, in the opinion of the Supervising Surgeon-Gen- 
3 eral of the Marine Hospital Service, shall be necessary for a 
7 marine hospital at or near Lewes, Delaware. 
1 Sec. 2. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so 
2. much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, 
3 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
4 for the construction of said buildings, to be expended under 
5 the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. January 30, 1882.—Read twice, referred to the Commit- 
tee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 
A BILL 
To establish a marine hospital at or near Lewes, 
Delaware. 
47th CONGRESS, 
1st Session. 
H. R. 3577.