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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 18T SESS.-CH. 184-JULY 1, 1943 $100; maintenance of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicle; and expense of electrocutions, $113,000. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, WORKHOUSE AND REFORMATORY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA For personal services, $641,344. 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 maintenance of livestock and horses; purchase, exchange, mainte- nance, operation and repair of non-passenger-carrying vehicles and motorbusses, fuel for heating, lighting, and power, and all other necessary items, including uniforms and caps for guards, $579,450. For repairs to buildings and grounds, and maintenance of utili- ties, marine and railroad transportation facilities, and mechanical equipment not used in industrial enterprises, $27,000. To provide a working capital fund for such industrial enterprises as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia, $50,000: Proriided,That the various departments and institutions of the District of Columbia and the Federal Government may pur- chase, at fair market prices, as determined by the Commissioners, such products and services as meet their requirements; receipts from the sale of products and services shall be deposited to the credit of said working capital fund, and said fund, including all receipts cred- ited thereto, shall be used as a revolving fund for the fiscal year 1944 for the purchase and repair of machinery, tools, and equipment, purchase of raw materials and manufacturing supplies, purchase, maintenance, and operation of non-passenger-carrying vehicles, and purchase of fuel for manufacturing purposes; for freight, personal services, and all other necessary expenses; and for the payment to inmates or their dependents of such pecuniary earnings as the Com- missioners may deem proper. For an additional amount for the acquisition by the Commissioners of additional land for the workhouse and reformatory, $750, and the appropriation of $25,000 for this purpose contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943, shall continue available in the fiscal year 1944: Provided, That the title to said property shall be taken directly to and in the name of the United States, and in case a clear title cannot be assured through conveyance the Attorney General of the United States, at the request of the Commissioners, shall insti- tute condemnation proceedings to acquire such land as may be selected in the State of Virginia in accordance with the laws of said State, and not to exceed $750 shall be available for expenses of procuring evidences of title or of condemnation, or both. Support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation of convicts transferred from District of Columbia; expenses of ship- ping remains of deceased convicts to their homes in the United States; expenses of interment of unclaimed remains of deceased con- victs; expenses incurred in identifying, pursuing, recapturing (includ- ing rewards therefor), and returning to institutions, escaped convicts and parole and conditional-release violators; and transportation expenses of returning released convicts to their residences; $150,000. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the general superintendent of penal institutions, upon requisitions previously approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia, and upon such security as the Commissioners may require 331 Fund for industrial enterprises. Purchase of prod- ucts and services. Acquisition of addi- tional land. Stat. 444. Support of convicts. Advances for re- turning ea ped pris on0010

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