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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 273, 274 . 1930 . 325 fuel and light, clothing, to include white duck suits and white can- Contingent expenses . vas shoes for the use of internes, and rubber surgi cal gloves, bedding, forage, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, replacement of X-ray apparatus, furniture, motor-propelled ambulance, including not exceeding $300 for the purchase of books, periodicals, and newspapers for which payments may be made in advance ; and not to exceed $1,200 for the special instruction of pupil nurses, and other absolutely necessary expenses, $87,500 ; for a hospital addition for obstetrical patients, including Post, P. 15- -1. necessary equipment, advertising for proposals, preparation of plans and supervi sion of w ork of c onstruct ion of s aid build ing, $15 5,000 One-ball charged to in all, for Freedmen 's Hospi tal, $42 4,000, o f which a mount on e-half the District. shall be chargeable to the District of Columbia and paid in like man ner as o ther appr opriatio ns of th e Distri ct of Col umbia ar e paid. SEC. 2 . Appropriations herein made for field work under the Gen- Field work appro- priations available for eral Land Office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Rec- w orka nim als, veh icle s, lamation, the Geological Survey, and the National Park Service etc. shall be available for the hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment. Approved, May 14, 1930. CHAP. 274 .-An Act To reorganize the administration of Federal prisons ;;	[H. May R.7832 .] 32 )	to authori ze the A ttorney General to cont ract for the care of United States [Public, No. 218 .1 prisoners ; to establish Federal jails, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Department of J us- United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby t ice . Bureau of Prisons es- established in the Department of Justice a Bureau of Prisons, to tablished in . be in charge of a director, who shall be paid a salary at the rate chDirre ector to h ave of $10,000 a year, and shall be appointed by and serve directly under Ante, p . 187 . the Attorney General . The officers and employees of the existin P ersn of office of ofP Pri g Superintendent office of the Superintendent of Prisons ; all official records, furnl- ons, d duties, etc ., trans- ture, and supplies ; and all of the authority, powers, and duties con- ferred by law or regulation upon the Superintendent of Prisons or any of his subordinates are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Prisons. The Attorney General shall have the power to appoint such additional officers and employees as may be necessary. SEC. 2 . The Bureau of Prisons shall have charge of the manage- ment and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions and be responsible for the safe- keeping, care, protection, instruct ion, and discipline of all persons charged with or convicted of offenses Proviso. against the United States : Provid ed, That the provisions of this root ap plicable to Act shall not apply to military penal or military reformatory insti- Military prisons, etc. tutions or persons confined therein. Quarters for Federal SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Bureau of Prisons to provide convicts, etc , to be suitable quarters for the safe-keeping, care, and subsistence of all provided dby ureau. perso ns c onvic ted o f of fense s aga inst the Unite d St ates, char ged with offenses against the United States, or held as witnesses or other- wise. For this purpose the Director of the Bureau of Prisons may state s, etc ., far keeping contract, for a period not exceeding three years with the proper Fed eral pr ison ers. authorities of any State or Territory or political subdivision thereof, for the imprisonment, subsistence, care, and proper employment of any person held under authority of any United States statute : Provided , That such Federal prisoners shall be employed only in Employment of pris- the manufacture of articles for, the production of supplies for, the criers limited. construction of public works for, and the maintenance and care of the institutions of, the State or political subdivision of the State in which they are imprisoned. The rates to be paid for the care Rates for care, etc.

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