All sums of money appropriated and expended in aid of the purchase of real estate for charitable or reformatory institutions in the District of Columbia, or for buildings or for permanent improvements to buildings thereon, shall (subject to any trust deed, mortgage, or other security or encumbrance existing on such property at the time of its purchase, or created at the time of its purchase) be a lien upon such property, and in case of the dissolution of any such corporation owning such property, or in case of the disposal of such property, by such corporation, entitle the United States to reimbursement in proportion to any other contributions or funds used for such purposes; and the acceptance by any such corporation of any sum of money appropriated for the foregoing purposes shall be deemed an acceptance of and agreement to this provision.
(Mar. 3, 1893, 27 Stat. 552, ch. 199, § 1.)
1981 Ed., § 32-1203.
1973 Ed., § 32-1003.
This section is referenced in § 44-753.
Public land sales, see § 10-801 et seq.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 44 - Charitable and Curative Institutions
Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Asylums, Charities Generally
§ 44–701. Limitation on erection of hospital for contagious diseases
§ 44–702. Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium — Construction and equipping authorized
§ 44–703. Providence Hospital authorized to conduct hospital, clinic and school
§ 44–704. Standards of indigency; emergency and semi-indigent patients
§ 44–705. Payments to needy patients
§ 44–706. Institutional care under contract
§ 44–707. Stipends for patients and certain resident employees
§ 44–708. Benefits in lieu of salary for certain workers in District facilities
§ 44–709. Mayor to visit, investigate and report on certain charitable institutions
§ 44–710. Mayor authorized to visit, investigate and report on certain organizations
§ 44–711. Appropriations for charitable and reformatory institutions to be lien on property
§ 44–712. Terms of Congressmen as trustees or directors of certain corporations or institutions
§ 44–713. Compensation of physicians to the poor
§ 44–714. Conflicts of interest by directors or trustees of certain charitable institutions
§ 44–715. Congressional policy as to appropriations to churches or religious entities
§ 44–716. Home for Aged and Infirm — Sale of surplus products
§ 44–717. Home for Aged and Infirm — Admission of pay patients