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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 271-JULY 1, 1941 Proviso. Maintenance of two foster homes. Receiving home for children under 18. New receiving home for children. Repairs to premises at 816 Potomac Ave- nue SE. Advances to direc- tor. Post, p. 836. 15, 1941, white girls committed to the National Training School for Girls, and for temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay not more than $2,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the Board, $320,315: Provided,That not more than $900 of this appro- priation shall be available for continuous maintenance of two foster homes for temporary or emergency board and care of nondelinquent children. For the maintenance, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart from the house of detention for the reception and detention of chil- dren under eighteen years of age arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia, or committed to the guardianship of the Board, or held as witness, or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, including trans- portation, food, clothing, medicine, and medicinal supplies, rental, repair and upkeep of buildings, fuel, gas, electricity, ice, supplies, and equipment, and other necessary expenses, including not to exceed $21,595 for personal services, $34,775. For the construction of a new receiving home for children on land owned by the District of Columbia in square 2885, including neces- sary furniture and equipment, landscaping, retaining walls, fencing, grading, and alley underpass, and including not to exceed $8,800 for repairs and alterations to premises at 816 Potomac Avenue Southeast, to restore said premises to the same condition existing at the time of original leasing thereof by the District of Columbia for use as a receiving home for children, $121,300. The disbursing officer of the District 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 may be required of said director by the Commissioners, sums of money not to exceed $400 at any one time, to be used for expenses in placing and visiting children, traveling on official busi- ness of the Board, and for office and sundry expenses, all such expend- itures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers properly approved. JAIL Salaries: For personal services, $108,440. For maintenance and support of prisoners of the District of Colum- bia at the jail, including not to exceed $1,000 for furnishing uniforms and caps for guards; subsistence of internes; expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners and rewards for their capture; repair and improvements to buildings, cells, and locking devices; newspapers, books, and periodicals not to exceed $100; main- tenance of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicle; and expense of electrocutions, $83,200. For construction of a wall to surround the jail, $30,375. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, WORKHOUSE AND REFORMATORY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA For personal services, $544,540. For maintenance, care, and support of inmates, including sub- sistence of internes, discharge gratuities provided by law, medical supplies, newspapers, books, books of reference and periodicals, farm implements, tools, equipment, transportation expenses, purchase and 520 [55 STAT.