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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 269-JULY 1, 1941 causes, prevention, and treatment of mental illness, and including maintenance and operation of necessary facilities for feeding employees and others (at not less than cost), and the proceeds there- from shall reimburse the appropriation for the institution; and not exceeding $1,500 of this sum may be expended in the removal of patients to their friends; not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of attend- Attendance at meet- ance at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of psychiatry,g. medicine, and other scientific subjects of interest to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, when specifically authorized by the Federal Security Admin- istrator, not exceeding $1,500 for the purchase of such books, periodi- cals, and newspapers as may be required for the purposes of the hos- pital and for the medical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients: Provided, That so much of this RPetrnof inmates sum as may be required shall be available for all necessary expenses in o longer Federal ascertaining the residence of inmates who are not or who cease to be charge. properly chargeable to Federal maintenance in the institution and in returning them to such places of residence: Provided further, That Mail facilities not exceeding $200 additional may be paid to two employees to pro- vide mail facilities for patients in the hospital: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase reS ubstitutes of oleomargarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1942 the District of D. C.f eatitc Columbia, or any branch of the Government requiring Saint Eliza- beths Hospital to care for patients for which they are responsible, shall pay by check to the Superintendent, upon his written request, either in advance or at the end of each month, all or part of the estimated or actual cost of such maintenance, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment; proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the care of patients paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly, as may be agreed upon between the Superin- tendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia government, department, or establishments concerned. All sums paid Accounting. to the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the care of patients that he is authorized by law to receive shall be deposited to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department of the appro- priation made for the care and maintenance of the patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the year in which the support, clothing, and treatment is provided, and be subject to requisition upon the approval of the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital: Providedfurther, That there shall be available for the purchase of one seven hundred mechanieal equip and fifty-horsepower boiler, one one thousand five hundred-kilowatt turbo-generator, one fifty-ton ammonia compressor, all with acces- sories, and extension and remodeling the present ash system, including preparation of plans and specifications, advertising for proposals, $230,000 from pension funds accrued, or which may accrue, prior to Pension funds. July 1, 1941, as authorized by the Act approved February 2, 1909 (24 U. S . C. 165); such funds as have accrued to be immediately 35Stat.592. available: Provided further, That $1,000 shall be transferred from Transferof fnds this appropriation to the appropriation "Traveling expenses, Federal An P7 Security Agency".ous treat- Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment, in ment budins - the grounds of the hospital, of two continuous treatment buildings, including preparation of plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction, $700,000. st , Construction and equipment: For the construction, in the grounds toroo of the hospital, of a building for storeroom, warehouse, laundry and of the hospital, of a building for storeroom, warehouse, laundry, and 493

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