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 856 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 98. FEBRUARY 17, 1933 . pended balance of the appropriation for the temporary government for the Virgin Islands contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1933. Piseintzlizabethsaos. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL Maintenance, etc. For support, clothing, and treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hos- pital for the Insane of insane persons from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, insane inmates of the National Home for Disable d Volu nteer Soldie rs, pe rsons charged with or con victed of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval service of the United States, insane civilians in the quartermaster servi ce of the Army, ins ane p erso ns tr ansfe rred from the Canal Zone wh o have been admitt ed to the ho spital and wh o are indige nt, Insane citizens In American citizens legally adjudged insane in the Dominion of camas. Canada whose legal residence in one of the States, Territories, or the District of Columbia it has been impossible to establish, insane beneficiaries of the United States Employees' Compensation Com- mission, and insane beneficiariesr of the United States' Veterans' Ad : iinistration, including not exceeding $27,000 for the purchase, vehicles. exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent, pur- Improvement or chasing agent, and general hospital business, and including not buU din gs, e tc. t o exceed $200,000 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $1,116,700, including maintenance and operation of neces- sary facilities for feeding employees and others (at not less than cost), and the proceeds therefrom shall reimburse the appropria- tion for the institution ; and not exceeding $1,500 of this sum may be expended in the removal of patients to their friends, not exceed- ing 1,500 in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and Return or escaped newspapers, as may be required for the purposes of the hospital Patients. and for the medical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension Prosiaos. saturnine inmates and return to the hospital of escaped patients : Provided, That who are not Federal so much of this sum as may be required sh all be available cbarBes. for all necessary expenses in ascertaining the residence of in- mates who are not or who cease to be properly chargeable to Purenase or butter Federal maintenance in the institution and in returning them substitutes. to such places of residence : Provided further, That no part of this appro priati on sha ll be expend ed for the pu rchase of ol eo- margari ne or butter subst itutes excep t for c ooking purpo ses : Pr o - Patlents In the Die ° vided further, That during the fiscal year 1934 the District of Colum- 00° bid, or any branch of the Government requiring Saint Elizabeths Hospital to care for patients for which they are responsible, shall pay by check to the superintendent, upon his written request, either in advance or at the end of each month, all or part of the estimated or actual cost of such maintenance, as the case may be, and bills rendere d by t he sup erinte ndent of aint Elizabeths Hospital in ac- cordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment ; proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the care of patients paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quar terly, as ma y be a greed upon b etween the su perint endent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia government, p=e al n su ms Pd department, or establishments concerned. All sums paid to the superinte ndent of Saint Eli zabeths H ospita,l for the c are of pa tients that he is authorized by law to receive shall be deposited to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department of the appropria- tion made for the care and maintenance of the patients at Saint