Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 1.djvu/1923

 1878 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 726. JUNE 23, 1936. such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers properly approved. Jail. Salaries. Salaries : For personal services, $80,970. Maintenance, etc ., of Fo r maintenance and supp ort of prisoners of t he District of pr ison ers. Columbia at the jail, expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners and rewards for their capture; repair and im- provements to buildings, cells, and locking devices; newspapers, books, and periodicals not to exceed $100; maintenance of non- passenger-carrying motor vehicle; and expense of electrocutions, $80, 000 . workho use and Re- GENERAL ADMINIST RATION, W ORKHOUSE AND REFOR MATORY, DI STRICT OF formatory. COLUMBIA Persona l services. Maintenance, etc. Fuel, etc. Building const ruc- tion, etc. Repairs. Working capital fund. Proviso, Purchase of services and products. Recei pts deposi ted as a revolving fund; avail- ability. Buildings for women; construction, etc. Advances authorized for returning escaped prisoners. JAIL For personal services, $416,300. For maintenance, care, and support of inmates, rewards for fugi- tives, discharge gratuities provided by law, medical supplies, news- papers, books, books of reference and periodicals, farm implements, tools, equipment, transportation expenses, purchase and maintenance of livestock and horses; purchase, exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of non-passenger-carrying vehicles and motor bus; fuel for heating, lighting, and power, and all other necessary items, including uniforms and caps for guards, $397,400. For continuing construction of buildings and enclosing walls, including equipment and furniture, to provide for the custody of such prisoners as should be confined within a walled enclosure, $90,000. For repairs to buildings and grounds, and maintenance of utilities, marine and railroad transportation facilities, and mechanical equip- ment not used in industrial enterprises, $22,000. To provide a working capital fund for such industrial enterprises as m ay be a pproved by the Commissi oners of the Di strict of Colum - bia, $30,000 : Provided, That the various departments and institu- tions of the District of Columbia and the Federal Government may purchase, at fair market prices, as determined by the Commissioners, such surplus products and services as meet their requirements; receipts from the sale of products and services shall be deposited to the credit of said working capital fund, and said fund, including all receipts credited thereto, shall be used as a revolving fund for the fiscal year 1937 for the purchase and repair of machinery, tools, and equipment, purchase of raw materials and manufacturing sup- plies, pu rchas e, m aint enanc e, a nd op erat ion of no n-pa ssen ger- carrying vehicles, purchase and maintenance of horses, and purchase of fuel for manufacturing purposes; for freight, personal services, and all other necessary expenses; and for the payment to inmates or their dependents of such pecuniary earnings as the Commissioners may deem proper. For beginning construction of permanent buildings for women, includin, sewers, water mains, and other necessary utilities, $45,000. 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 Co lumbia, and upo n such s ecurity as the Commiss ioners m ay requ ire of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $200 at one time, to be use d only f or expe nses in returni ng escap ed pris oners, payable from the maintenance appropriations for the workhouse and