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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 282. 1931 . 1405 dependents of such pecuniary earnings as the commissioners may deem proper. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to Advances authorized t~ for returning ab- advance to the general superintendent of penal institutions, upon sconders. requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, and upon such security as the commissioners may require of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $200 at one time, to be used only for expenses in returning escaped prisoners, payable from the maintenance appropriations for the workhouse and reformatory, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the account- ing officers of the District of Columbia within one month -on itemized vouchers properly approved. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BO YS For care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Care, etc ., of bo ys Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia committed thereto. under a contract to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the authorities of said National Training School for Boys, $20,000. NATI ONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Salaries : For personal services, $41,560. Personal services. For groceries, provisions, l ight, fuel, soap, oil, lamps, candles, Contingent expenses. clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicines, medical attendance, tr ans por tati on, lab or, se wing ma chi nes, fi xtur es, bo oks, ma gazi nes , and other supplies which represent greater educational advantages, stationery, horses, vehicles, harness, cows, pigs, fowls, sheds, fences, repairs, typewriting, stenography, and other necessary items, includ- ing not to exceed $4,000 for fire-prote ction facilities and improve- ments, and includi ng compensati on not excee ding $1,500 f or addi- tional labor or services, for identifying and pursuing escaped inmates Apprehending ab- and for rewards for their capture, for transportation and other neces- sconders. sary expenses incident to securing suitable homes for paroles or dis- charged girls, and for maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, $42,000. ME DI CAL CHARITIES For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be Care, etc ., of indigent made by the Board of Public Welfare with the following institu- hospitals .at designated tions and for not to exceed the following amounts, respectively Children's Hospital, $25,000. Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, $30,000. Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, $18,000. Washington Home for Incurables, $10,000. COLUMBIA HOSPITAL AND LYING-IN ASYLUM For general r epairs and fo r additional construction, including labor and material, and for expenses of heat, light, and power required in and about the operation of the hospital, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $15,000. I UIIERCITLOSIS HOSPITAL Na tio nal Training School for Boys. Na tio nal Training School for Girls. Med ical cha rities. Columbi a Hospital. Repairs, etc. Tube rculosis Hoe. pital. Salaries : For personal ser vices, $80,080. Per sonal se rvices. For provisions, fuel, forage, harness, and vehicles, and repairs Contingent e xpenses. to same, gas, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical su pplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, books and periodicals not to exceed $50, temporary services not to exceed $1,000, maintenance of motor truck, and other necessary items, $60,000.

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