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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS. -CH. 281-JULY 15, 1939 TEMPORARY HOME FOR FORMER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS For personal services, $4,620; maintenance, $11,750; and repairs to buildings and grounds, $1,000; in all, $17,370, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners; and former Union soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Civil War, former soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, or China relief expedition, and former soldiers, sailors, or marines of the World War or who served prior to July 2, 1921, shall be admitted to the home, all under the supervision of a board of management. FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME For care and maintenance of women and children under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare, with the Florence Crit- tenton Home and other like institutions, $8,000. SOUTHERN RELIEF SOCIETY For care and maintenance of needy and infirm Confederate vet- erans, their widows and dependents, residents in the District of Columbia, under a contract to be made with the Southern Relief Society by the Board of Public Welfare, $10,000. NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND For aid and support of the National Library for the Blind, located at 1800 D Street Northwest, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, $5,000. COLUMBIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE To aid the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, located at 1808 H Street Northwest, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, $3,000. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL For support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, $2,602,260. NONRESIDENT INSANE For deportation of nonresident insane persons, in accordance with the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for insanity pro- ceedings in the District of Columbia", approved June 8, 1938, includ- ing persons held in the psychopathic ward of the Gallinger Municipal Hospital, $12,000. In expending the foregoing sum the disbursing officer of the Dis- trict of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Director of Public Welfare, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said Director, sums of money not exceeding $300 at one time, to be used only for deportation of nonresident insane per- sons, and to be accounted for monthly on itemized vouchers to the accounting officer of the District of Columbia. BURIAL OF EX-SERVICE MEN For expenses of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent Union ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines, of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired, and who died in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secre- 1029 Personal services, maintenance, etc. Maintenance. Maintenance. Aid, etc. Aid, etc. Support of D. 0. illndigellt insane. Deportation ex- penses-. 52 Stat. 625. Advances author- ized. Burial of indigent.

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