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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 184-JULY 1, 1943 DIVISION OF CHILD WELFARE Administration: For administrative expenses, including placing and visiting children, city directory, purchase of books of reference and periodicals not exceeding $75, and all office and sundry expenses, isiVtsto wards ot- $6,175, and no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used Md. for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Public Welfare placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland; and a ward placed outside said District and the States of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of said Board, and that said Board shall have power, upon proper showing, in its discretion, to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care. For board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of said Board by the courts of the District, including white girls committed to the National Training School for Girls, and for board and care of all children accepted by said Board for care, as author- ized by the Act to give additional powers to the Board of Public 5 stat. 882. Welfare approved January 12, 1942 (56 Stat. 882), and for tempo- iC,C 3-117d,S3- - rary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred 128 3-12 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, $286,000, together with not to exceed $19,000 of the unexpended balance of the 56 tat. 442. appropriation for this purpose contained in the District of Columbia Foster homes. Appropriation Act, 1943: Provided,That not more than $1,680 of this appropriation shall be available for continuous maintenance of four foster homes for temporary or emergency board and care of non- delinquent children. Receiving home for 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 children 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 $26,607 for personal services, $44,600. tordvanofteodi.e The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the director of public welfare, upon requisitions previ- ously approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as may be required of said director by the Commission- ers, sums of money not to exceed $400 at any one time, to be used for expenses in placing and visiting children, traveling on official business of the Board, and for office and sundry expenses, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers prop- erly approved. JAIL Salaries: For personal services, $145,750. For maintenance and support of prisoners of the District of Columbia at the jail, including not to exceed $1,500 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 330 [57 STAT.

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