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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 281 -JULY 15, 1939 Personal services. Provisos. Supervision of ac- counts. Antideficiency pro- vision. Home care for de- pendent children. 44 Stat. 75R. Proviso. Apportionment of funds. Old-age assistance. 49 Stat. 747. Pensions for needy blind persons. 49 Stat. 744. Public assistance, allocations. Emergency relief of residents. Home care for de- pendent children. Old-age assistance and aid to blind. appropriation shall be expended for personal services, including the employment of one general superintendent of public assistance serv- ices at $5,600 per annum, one assistant superintendent of such services at $4,600 per annum, and one stenographer-typist (secretary) at $2,000 per annum, to be appointed without reference to civil-service requirements, and not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for the distribution of surplus commodities, including $5,300 for personal services: Provided, That all auditing, disbursing, and accounting for funds administered through the Public Assistance Division of the Board of Public Welfare, including all employees engaged in such work and records relating thereto, shall be under the supervision and control of the Auditor of the District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in such a manner as to require a deficiency to supplement such appropriation. Home Care for Dependent Children: To carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide home care for dependent chil- dren in the District of Columbia", approved June 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 758-760), including not to exceed $13,060 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $163,000: Provided, That this appro- priation shall be so apportioned and distributed by the Commis- sioners over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and shall be so administered during such fiscal year, as to constitute the total amount that will be utilized during such fiscal year for such purposes, and no more than $400 shall be paid for burial of children dying while beneficiaries under said Act. Assistance against old-age want: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Code of Laws for the Dis- trict of Columbia in relation to providing assistance against old-age want", approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 747), including not to exceed $57,265 for personal services and other necessary expenses, $597,000. Pensions for needy blind persons: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor", approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 744), $40,000. In expending appropriations contained in this Act under the caption "Public Assistance", not more than the following monthly amounts shall be paid therefrom: Emergency Relief of Residents: Single persons, not more than $24; family of two persons, not more than $30, and for each person in excess of such number under sixteen years of age not more than $6; and not to exceed a total of $60 to any one family; Home Care for Dependent Children: Family of two per- sons, not more than $30, and for each person in excess of such number under sixteen years of age not more than $6; and not to exceed a total of $60 to any one family; Assistance Against Old Age Want, and Aid for Needy Blind Persons: Not more than $30 per month shall be paid therefrom to any one person. SPONSOR'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION tionsor's ontrebu-s For amount required by the District of Columbia as sponsor's con- nated. tributions toward Work Projects Administration nonconstruction projects for free lunches for necessitous school children, sewing, house- hold service, housekeeping aides, adult education, and recreation, including the purchase of food, supplies, materials, streetcar and bus fares, rent, equipment, rental of equipment, personal services, and other necessary expenses, $177,500, together with not to exceed $12,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1939 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropria- 52 Stat. 1123 . tion Act, fiscal year 1938. [53 STAT.

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