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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 264. 1924. 429 tion 54 of an Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, approved Apri 30, 1900. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL. H,§:,§¤*&a,_E**¤¤b¤*¤¤ For siipport, clothing, and treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital M°*¤*°m°°°· °*°· for the nsane from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, ·*""· P- 392 inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, ersons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval service of the United States, civilians in the uartermaster’s service of the Army, persons transferred from the (banal Zone who have been admitted to the hospital and who are indigent, and beneliciaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, including not exceeding $27 ,000 for the purchase V¤¤1¤1¤¤· exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motorépropelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the su erinten ent, purchasing agent, and general hospital business, §900,000; and not exceeding $1,500 of this sum may be e nded in the removal of patients to their friends, not exoeedingx§l,50O in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and papers as maly be required for the purposes of the hospital and for the me ical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for actual and necesmry expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients: Provided, That durinfg the fiscal year 1925 the District of Colum·  mmwu bia, or any branch 0 the Government requiring Saint Elizabeths for imma of com- Hospital to care for patients for which they are responsible, shall °'°’ °'°"’°"°"”‘ pay by check to the superintendent, upon his written request, either in advance or at the end of each month, all or part of the estimated or actual cost for such maintenance as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment; proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the care of patients paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly, as maylbe agreed upon between the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths ospital and the District of Co umbia government department, or establishments concerned. Bums mm mm All sums paid to the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital mamaiua gametafor the care of patients that he i authorized by law to receive, ‘°“’°°° "”'°°"""°“· shall be deposited to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department, of the agpropriation made for the care and maintenance of the patients at aint Elizabeths Hospital for the year in which the support clothin, and treatment is provided and be subject to requisition by the ehsbursing agent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital,. upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; BM, dmv an d For general repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, meads. 0; which sum not go iz&:ceed$$2,0(3)%0 shall be used for the construction o a ropagating ui ing, 108, ; _ ,. w_ Foii remodelin and extending power, heating, and lighting plant ¤}i>1a¤:s a¤¤it§é’§°¤iea of the hospital, §212,400, to be paid from fun s accrued or which "‘{'$j 33, ,,_ m, v.,;_ may accrue, rior to July 1, 1926, under the Acts of February 20, **5-P-592- 1905, and February 2, 1909, such portions of funds as have accrued, mm under said Acts to be immediately available for this use. Authority ,-;,§‘§£§”°°° ° is granted to sell or exchan material and fixtures to be replaced and to use the proceeds theregsom in the remodeling and extending of the power, heating, and lighting plant of the hospital. · conumnm 1Ns·rrru·r1oN ron Tun nan. ¤.$.‘}'a?".i?.“D..¤‘““‘“‘ For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental M°m°°°"°°°` expenses, books and illustrative apparatus, and general repairs and improvements, $100,000.