Section 221, R.S. § 4856; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107, related to discharge of insane patients on bond.

Section 222, R.S. § 4857, provided that no insane person not charged with any breach of the peace should ever be confined in the United States jail in the District of Columbia.