26:2-83.Ā  Authority to operate hospitals;Ā  acquisition of use of property, buildings, etc.
The Department of Health is authorized and empowered to maintain and operateĀ  hospitals for the detention, care, treatment and rehabilitation of personsĀ  having or suspected of having venereal diseases and to construct, purchase,Ā  lease, rent or otherwise acquire the use of property, buildings, equipment andĀ  supplies for this purpose.

L.1944, c. 70, p. 138, s. 3.
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