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 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 4. 1924. 68]. UNITED STATES VETERANS’ BUREAU V•'=¤¤¤’B*¤••¤- Damage claims: To pa claims for dama to or losses of ri- Paying www vately owned property adjiisted and determingdsby the United Stgtes Veterans’ Bureau un er the provisions of the Act a roved December 28, 1922 (Fort§—second Statutes, page 1062, as gilly set forth in House Document umbered 319, reported to ongrew at its present session, $374.30. Vocational rehabilitation: For carrying out the revisions of an Vmmmimusbmza Act entitled “An Act to provide for the vocational raihabilitation and `}£,'},°§rg"°"“"°° ’°" return to civil employment of disabled (persons discharged from the p_‘{g§;*°· P·°"· V¤i-*1- Military or Nava forces of the Unite States, and for other pur- .4m,p.m. poses," approved June 27, 1918, as amended, including the same objects spec` ed under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the iiscal year 1923, $900,000. Administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act: ,,,f},d_§_‘§E°d °°'“°°°“°‘ ' For administrative ex enses in carrying out the provisions of the M¤¤i¤i¤¢¤¤v¤ or- World War Adjusted Compensation Act of May 19, 1924, including Wm, p. 121. salaries of personnel in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923; purchase, hire, exchange, and repair of typewriters, adding machines, and other mechanical devices, furniture, office equipment, printing and binding, telegrams, telephones, stationery, traveling egenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at not exceeding $4 for officers, agents, and other employees, and for other necessary contingent and miscellaneous expenses to enable the Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau to perform such duties as are required by said Act, $1,188,500, to remain available until June 30, 1925: Provided, That the Secretary g£{,*§°;,,,,,u,, mm of the Treasury is authorized to issue to the Director of the United g•k¤g°“,§r¤Pg*g °°¤¤· States Veterans’ Bureau, without charge, for temporary use, such ua. mm surplus office supplies and equipment as may be nmder the control of the General Supply Committee. For additional hos ital and out-patient dispensary facilities for ;.$1°}3.L,°°°¥,{,¤,,h'i'°‘§ patlents of the United) States Veterans’ Bureau, and facilities for a "‘_:;"g":·$ permanent national training school for the blind at a cost not exceed- ` ` ing $350,000, who are beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, by purchase and remodeling or extension of existing plants, and by construction on sites now owned by the Government or on sites to be acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, or otherwise, such hospitals and out·patient dispensary facilities to include the necessary buildings and auxiliaiz structures, mechanical equipment agproach work, roads, and trac age facilities leading thereto; and 8 to provide accommodations for officers, nurses, and attending p6l‘S0nnel; and also to provide proper and suitable recreational cen- °°¤°¤¤·¤'·°- ters, $3,850,000, to remain available until June 30, 1925, and in addition to this amount obligations may be incurred for the purposes set forth in this para aph not to exceed in the a gate $3,000,000. That not to exceedgI3 per centum of the total o§§ii?850,000 shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants at the customary rates of compensation, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the plans and specifications for the projects authorized herein and for the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses 81141 Held-office equipment and supplies in connection therewith. A, md Adjusted service and dependent pay: For payment of adjusted dspspasmjg °°gy°l°°.¤a Séfvice credits of not more than $50 each, as provided in sections 401 °‘f,‘”,,‘§;m,_ ml ,_,£_ and 601 of the “World War Adjusmd Compensation Act " of May 19, 1924, and for payment to dependents o deceased veterans the quarterly installments due on adjusted service credits in exc¤ of $50 Buch, as provided in sections 601 and 603 of said. Act, $6,629399, to remain available until expended.