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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crr. 107. 1918. 6].9 agencies and the board acting in an advisory capacity to insure, in so far as medical requirements permit, a proper process of training and the proper preparation of instructors for such training. A plan may ,,,,;,*,‘}m,'§, also be established between the War and Navy Departments and the board whereby these departments shall act in an advisory ca- _ palpity ;_vithhtShed1lgo;r1;d in the care of the health of the soldier and sa'orater' 'c r·ge. The board shall, in establishing its plans and rules and regulations ,,,§f’°P,$,?,‘}§"‘;,,,,P'%_',{$_; for vocational training, cooperate with the War Department and the Navy D¤w¢m¤¤¢¤· N avy Department in so far as may be necessary to eHect a continuous process o vocational training. _ Sec. 7. That the board is hereby authorized and empowered to ,,,§ ‘§,‘f °‘ msreceive such gifts and donations from either public or private sources Fund ,,,,,,,d ,,,,,,,_ as may be offered unconditionally. All moneys received as gifts **¤¤¤· or donations shall be paid into the Treasury 0 the United States, and shall constitute a permanent fund to be called the "Special fund for vocational rehabilitation/’ to be used under the direction g:f,‘°"§’,;°’°°· of the said board, in connection with the appropriations hereby made ’ p` ` or hereafter to be made, to defray the expenses of roviding and maintaining courses of vocational rehabilitation; andpa full report ,,§°*’°"‘ °'."°°°‘P“· of all gifts and donations offered and accepted, and all disbursements therefrom, shall be submitted annually to Congress by said board. . Sec. 8. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the ,,,§§,*,§f°*"""°“‘°‘°‘· Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, available immediately and until expended, the sum of $2,000,000 or so much. thereof as may be necessary to be used by the Federal Board for Vocational Education for the ur·poses of this Act, to wit, for renf *m'*"""“ 'P°““°“· and remodeling buildings ami) quarters, repairing maintaining, alrlid equipping same, and for equripment and other facilities necessary for proper instruction of disab d persons, $250,000; for the preparation of instructors and salaries of instructors, supervisors, and other experts, includindgsnecessary traveling expenses, $545,000; for travel- ' expenses of abledfersons in connection with training and for, subsistence, an other necessary expenses in special cases of persons following prescribed coruses, $250,000; for tuition for disabled persons pursuingh courses in existing institutions, public or private, $545,000· for the iplacement and supervision after placement of vocationally rehab 'tated persons, $45,000;` for studies, investigations, reports, and preparation of special courses of instruction $55,000; for miscellaneous contingencies, including special mechanical appliances necessary in special cases for disab ed men, Mmmm t, I $110,000; an or the administrative explenses of said board incident suppus, et? "° °'°°’ to performing the duties imposed by t °s Act, including salaries of suc assistants, experts, clerks, and other em(ployees in the District of Columbia or elsewhere as the board may eem necessary, actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred by the members of the board and by its employees under its orders, including attendance at meetings o educational associations and other organizations, rent and equipment of offices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books of reference, law books, and periodicals, stationery, typewriters and exchange thereof, miscellaneous supplies, Pm. db. gastage on oreign mailb&rinting and binding to be done at the t"‘g“” “““““‘ 8 vernment Printing ce, and all other necessary expenses, 200,000. Sec. 9. That said board shall file with the Clerk of the House C,,‘f,·',,,,“§§’ ‘°°°“‘ ‘° and the Secretary of the Senate on July first and every three months thereafter, for the information of the Congress, an itemized account of all expenditures made under this Act, including names and salaries of employees. Said board shall also make an annual report to the "““‘“l'””°'°‘ Congress of its doings under this Act on or before December DIES of each year.