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OCR Page 1 of 7EXECUTIVE BUREAU
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, 25, D.C.
APR 1 2 8 1945
My dear Mr. Latta:
On April 24, 1945, you advised this office that S. 123, "To amend section
14 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for commitments to, maintenance in,
and di scharges from the District Training School, and for other purposes', ap-
proved March 3, 1925, and to amend section 15 thereof, as amended, # had been
recei ved at the White House, and requested reports and recommendati ons as to
the approval of the 11.
At the present time the law authorizing charges for the maintenance of
public patients at the District Training School at Laurel, Maryland, provides
that if the patient has an estate out of which the Government may be reimbursed
for his maintenance, in whole or in part, the court shall direct in its order
of admission, such payments out of his estate for the cost of his maintenance
as it deems jus t. If the order for admission is as a public patient and the
court finds that the patient has no estate out of which the Government may be
reimbursed for his maintenance, and it appears that there are relatives who
are legally liable for his support and who are able to reimburse the District,
in whole or in part, the court may make an order requiring payment by such
relatives.
It has been held that the present law is inadequate to require reim-
bursement from the estate of a feeble-minded person who acquires property
after he has been admitted to the District Training School as a public patient
or to require legally liable relatives to make payments for such maintenance
when such relatives were not ordered to do so at the time of commitment. It
is the sole purpose of the bill under consideration to cure these deficiencies.
A facsimile of the enrolled enactment has been referred to the Board of
Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice, and
their replies, either recommending approval of the bill or interposing no
objecti on to its approval, are attached.
I am authorized by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to recommend
that the bill be approved.
Very truly yours,
ARCHIVES
Mr. M. C. Latta,
The White House.
Assistant Director,
January
GOVER
Legislative Reference.
Enclosures:
Letters from Board of Commissioners
of the District of Columbia and
the Department of Justice.
NARA
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