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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 281 -JULY 15, 1939 Support, etc., of con- victs. Advances for re- turning escaped pris- oners. Care, etc., of boys committed to. Salaries and ex- penses. Proviso. Maintenance limi- tation. Acquisition of site in Prince Georges County, Md. Proiso. Procurement, etc. , of title. Support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation of convicts transferred from District of Columbia; expenses of ship- ping remains of deceased convicts to their homes in the United States, expenses of interment of unclaimed remains of deceased convicts; expenses incurred in identifying, pursuing, recapturing (including rewards therefor), and returning to institutions, escaped convicts and parole and conditional-release violators; and transportation expenses of returning released convicts to their residences, $100,000. 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 Columbia, and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $300 at one time, to be used only for expenses in returning escaped prisoners, condi- tional releases, and parolees, payable from the appropriation, "Sup- port of convicts", all such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers properly approved. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS For care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Train- ing School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia under a contract to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the authorities of said National Training School for Boys, $75,000. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS National Training School for Girls: For personal services; grocer- ies, provisions, light, fuel, clothing, shoes; forage and farm supplies; medicine and medical service (including not to exceed $2,000 for medical care and not to exceed $600 for dental care); transportation; maintenance of non-passenger-carrying vehicles; equipment, fixtures, books, magazines, and other educational supplies; recreational equip- ment and supplies, including rental of motion-picture films; station- ery; postage; repairs; and other necessary items, including expenses incident to securing suitable homes for paroled or discharged girls, $38,200, of which sum not to exceed $20,840 may be expended for personal services: Provided, That the total cost of maintaining inmates in said school, including all administrative expenses, shall not exceed an average per capita of $500 per annum. For the acquisition by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia of approximately one hundred acres of land in Prince Georges County, Maryland, as a site for the National Training School for Girls, $10,000: Provided, That the title to said property shall be taken directly to and in the name of the United States, and in case a satisfactory price cannot be agreed upon for the purchase of said land the Attorney General of the United States, at the request of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, shall institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such land as may be selected in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, and expenses of procuring evidences of title or of condemnation, or both, shall be paid out of the appropriation made for the purchase of said land. DISTRICT TRAINING SCHOOL Personal services. For personal services, including not to exceed $500 for compensa- tion of consulting physicians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, and not to exceed $2,500 for temporary labor, $129,020. Maintenance, etc. For maintenance and other necessary expenses, including the main- tenance of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicles, the purchase and 1026 [53 STAT.

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