The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to invest from the reserve and surplus funds of the State Insurance Fund created by §§ 1—42 of this title, the sum of one million seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1,760,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the construction and equipment of a Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and of Physical Rehabilitation, and annexes thereto, for the hospitalization and treatment of workmen injured in labor accidents covered by law, or who contract occupational diseases included in §§ 1—42 of this title, and for the purchase of the lands that may be necessary for the building of said hospital, which sum shall be allocated as follows:
For the construction of a 350-bed hospital, including the acquisition of equipment and furnishings, and the preparation of plans and sketches, one million four hundred thousand dollars($1,400,000).
For a 100-bed dormitory for patients requiring physical rehabilitation, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
For the purchase of land and for incidentals, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($160,000).
The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is likewise authorized to apply for and to receive aid derived from Federal funds, for the purpose of investing them in the construction of a Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and of Physical Rehabilitation, and annexes thereto, the construction of which is provided for herein, and in the acquisition of equipment therefor.
History —Apr. 22, 1946, No. 388, p. 1050, § 2; May 10, 1947, No. 326, p. 544, § 2.