Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 1.djvu/1242

 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 468. 1925. 1211 ances, medical examinations, funeral and other incidental expenses (including transportation of remains), traveling expenses, and supplies, and not exceeding $100,000 for library books, magazines, and papers for beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, including court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken for commitment of mentally incompetent persons to hospitals for the care and treatment of the insane, $35,000,000, This appropriation shall be disbursed by the United States Vet- 1ee]2e`iibi1;i;’>°;l:§§°$ia$i,s°l1` erans’ Bureau, and such portion thereof as may be necessary shall · be allotted from time to time to the Public Health Service, and the War,_Navy, and Interior Departments, and transferred to their credit for disbursement by them for the purposes set forth in the foregoing paragraph; and al otted and transferred to the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the purposes set forth in the foregoing para aph, and such sums as are allotted to the Board of Managers shahrbe covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. No part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase l,§§";§,§•§,’;*;" lg; of any site for a new hospital, for or toward the construction of any Blddeim " new hospital, or for the purchase of anymhospital; and not more than $3,837,750 of this appropriation may used to alter, im rove, or u,,‘},§‘,‘°,‘;‘,§‘ '°' °“°‘”’ provide facilities in the several hospitals under the jurisdiction of A¤¢¢.p·610· the United States Veterans’ Bureau so as to furnish adequate accommodations for its beneficiaries either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the {purchase of materials. _ '1`he unexpended balance o the sum of $2,666,050, made available ,,,1‘§§,‘,lg‘f“'“"d"°“°"“’ under the appropriation “Medical and Hospital Services, Veterans’ ¤t¤;_a¤=v·5¤d¤¤u¥;·{)¤;_¤¤¤ Bureau, 1925," to alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several °°$m`}°p.?;Y£ ` hospitals under the jurisdiction of the bureau, is continued and made available during the fiscal year 1926 for the same purppses, either by contract or by the hire of temporaiiy emdployees and the purchase of materials, including the purchase o lan contiguous to Governmentowned hospital sites. _ The allotments made to the Public Health Service, War, Navy, and ,,§‘°f,?,§§"‘f,,°f,Q‘,§§§‘,f{g Interior Departments shall be available for expenditure for care and ¤¤¢>¢¤¢*¤8¤¤¢i¤¤· treatment of beneficiaries of the United States 'eterans’ Bureau, and for necessary minor re airs and improvements of existing facilities, under the various headings of appropriations made to said departments as ma be necessary. - _ Vocational, rehabilitation: For carrying out the provisions of the ,,,X§,‘§f"‘""°' “"‘“*’“" Act entitled "An Act to provide for the vocational rehabilitation and m§:§;¤esz{dg;;sf¤;tg¤- return to civil employment of disabled persons discharged from the V01.40,pp.617,1179; military or naval forces of the United States, and for other purposes," v°'· '“· pn *5** lm approved June 27, 1918, as amended, and the World lVar Veterans ·‘”"jp·“"· Act 1924, approved June 7, 1924, $38,000,000; Provpded, That no §*m·j{*;·¤émp ms¤_ic_ part of the foregoing sum shall be used for the establishment, main- aaa. tenance, or operation of traming schools at any Arindy camp or Limmu D cantonment acquired for use as a training center: Proof Jed further, ,,,,,,;,0,, ,$,,,kf”‘ °°"' That no part of the foregoing appropriation_ shall be_ expended for construction work except necessary extensions, additions, and repairs, which may be accomplished either by contract or by hire _ Of temporary employees and the purchase of materials: Promded ,,{§§‘,§§§f,‘},_“‘°”m” further, That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase and distribution of embossed literature in Revised Braille for the use of blinded ex—service men and for procurement of equipment and Supplies for the production of such lrterature: Provzdeal further, ,,§f“§,,;°{,,§‘,{e*§*“j,Q°‘§‘, Tlltlt under such regulations as the director may. prescribe he is miners. sch0¤ls,etc. hereby authorized to sell at 90 per cent of the appraised valuation to rehabrlitated trainees of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, trade,