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 1630 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. IL CII. 707 . 1929 . Courts and prisons. Court. Supreme Supreme Court, District of Columbia : For an additional amount support of convicts. for personal services, fiscal year 1929, $4,250. Support of convicts : For support of convicts, District of Colum- bia, including the same objects specified under this head in the Acts making appropriations for the government of the District of Colum- bia, for the fiscal years that follow For 1926, $2 ; For 1928, $47,655 .69. Lunacy writs. Writs of lunacy : For expenses attending the execution of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder in all cases of indi gent i nsane person s comm itted or soug ht to be com mitted to Sa int Elizabeths Hospital by order of the executive authority of the Dis- tric t of C olumbi a unde r the provis ions of exist ing la w, and expen ses School commitments. Distr c o Train of commitments to the District Training School, including personal services, fiscal year 1928, $348 .75. Public welfare COURTS AND PRISONS PUBLIC WELFARE Board, etc ., of chil- dren. Division of Child Welfare : For board and care of all children com- mitted to the guardianship of said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions, under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, fiscal year 1929, $80,000. Detention, etc., children, apart from Reception and detention of children : For the maintenance, under House of Detention. the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart from the House of Deten- tion, for the reception and detention of children under seventeen years of age arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia, or committed to the guardianship of the board, or held as witnesses, or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, including transportation, opera- tion and maintenance of motor vehicles, food, clothing, medicine and medicinal supplies, rental and repair and upkeep of buildings, fuel, gas, electricity, ice, supplies, and equipment, and other neces- sary expenses, including personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, fiscal year 1929, $8,000. Support of prisoners, Support of prisoners : For maintenance and support of prisoners etc ' of the District of Columbia at the jail ; expenses incurred in identify- ing and p ursuin g esca ped pr isoner s, and reward s for their recapt ure ; repair and improvements to buildings, cells, and locking devices, fiscal year 1929, $10,000. Workho use. Maintenance Workhouse : For maintenance, custody, clothing, guarding, care, and support of prisoners ; rewards for fugitives ; provisions, sub- sist ence, medici ne and hospi tal in strumen ts, fu rnitur e, and quart ers fo r gua rds and o ther emplo yees and inmat es ; pur chase of too ls and equipment ; purchase and maintenance of farm implements, live- stock, tools, equipment, and miscellaneous items ; transportation ; maintenance and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles ; supplies and labor ; and all other necessary items ; fiscal year 1929, $7,000. Reformatory. Ref orm ator y : For continuing construction of permanent build- Buil dings, et c' ings, including sewers, water mains, roads, and necessary equipment of in dustrial railroad ; for e quipme nt for new b uildin gs ; for mater ial for repairs to buildings, roads, and walks ; fiscal year 1929, $25,000. Medical charities. Medical charities : For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the

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