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 672 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . Board, etc ., of chil- dren. H ome ca re of de- pendent children. Vol.44,p . 758. Building apart from House of Detention, for detention of chil- dren under 17 arrested by police, etc . Expenses of mai n- tenance, etc. Proviso . Use of d efici ency ap- propriation for District contingent expenses. Ante, p.8. Advances to director. Limit . Jai l. Personal services. Maintenanc e and s uppor t of pris oners . workhouse and re- formatory. Personal services. Advances authorized for returning escaped prisoners. of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of said board, and that said board shall have power, upon proper showing, in its discretion, to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care. For board and care of all children committed 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, $160,000 . To carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide home care for dependent children in the District of Columbia," approved June 22, 1926, including not to exceed $12,470 for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classifi- cation Act of 1923, $125,290. For the maintenance, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart from the House of Detention 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 Colum- bia, or committed to the guardianship of the board, or held as wit- nesses, or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, includ- ing transportation, purchase of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $750, operation and maintenance of motor vehicles, food, clothing, medicine and medical supplies, rental and repair and upkeep of buildings, fuel, gas, electricity, ice, supplies and equipment, and other necessary expenses, including personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $25,000, to be immediately available : Provided, That such portion as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may determine of the appropriation of $25,000 for rent, under the heading " Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, District of Columbia," contained in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, shall be available for the pur- poses of this paragraph. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advan ce to t he dir ector o f publi c welf are, up on requ isitio ns prev iously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as may be required of said director by the commissioners, sums of money not to exceed $400 at any one time, to be used for ex- pense s in pl acing and vis iting c hildre n, trav eling o n offi cial bu siness of the board, and for office and sundry expenses, all such expendi- tures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia wit hin one month on itemized vouchers prope rly approved . JAIL Sa laries : For pers onal ser vice s in acc orda nce With the Cla ssif ica- tion Act of 1923, $63,710. For maintenance and support of prisoners of the District of Col- umbia at the jail, expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and rewards for their recapture, repair and improvements to buildings, cells, and locking devices, $64,600. WORKHOUSE AND REFORMATORY Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, $15,400. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the general superintendent of penal institutions, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of

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