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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 726. JUNE 23, 1936. 18 77 Printing and binding : For printing and binding for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, $2,500, and the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, $3,000, except records and briefs in cases in which the United States is a party; in all, $5,500 . PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE For personal services, $115,300. Printing and binding . Public Welfare. Board of Public Wel- fare . Personal services. DIVIS ION OF CHILD WELFARE Child Welfare Divi- sion. Administration : For administrative expenses including placing p Admin istr ative el- and visiting children, city directory, purchase of books of reference and periodicals not exceeding $50, and all office and sundry expenses, $3,5 00, a nd no part of the money herei n appr opria ted sh all be used Res tri cti on on ex- for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Public Wel .- penditure. fare placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Vir- ginia and Maryland; and a ward placed outside said District and the States of Vir ginia and Maryland shall be vi sited 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 b oard a nd ca re of all ch ildren comm itted to the guar diansh ip d rBnoar d, etc.. of c h i l f 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, w ith authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of childre n dying while under charge of the board, $260,000. To carry out the purpose s of the Act entitled "An Act to provide Home care of de- home care for dependent children in the District of Columbia", P Vol44 cp il d5°' approved June 22, 1926 (44 Stat ., pp . 758-760), including not to exceed $13,060 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $163,000 : Provided, That this appropriation shall be so apportioned Apportionment re- by the Commissioners as to prevent a deficiency therein, and no st ricti ons. more than $100 pe r month shall be paid therefro m to any one family and no more than $400 shall be paid for burial of children dying while bene ficiaries under said Act. Receiving home for For the maintenance, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public children under seven- teen Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart Maintenance, etc. from the house of detention for the reception and detention of chil- dren under seventeen years of age arrest ed 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, food, clothing, medicine, and medicinal supplies, rental, repair and upkeep of buildings, fuel, gas, electricity, ice, sup- plies and equipment, and other necessary expenses including not to exceed $19,120 for personal services, $37,180. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to Advances to director. advance to the director of public welfare, upon requisitions previ- ously appr oved by the auditor of the Dis trict of Columbia and upon such security as may be required of said director by the Commis- sioners, sums of money not to exceed $400 at any one time, to be Limitation . used for expenses in placing and visiting children, traveling on of ficial busi ness of the Board, and for o ffice and sundry expe nses, all