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 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 300 -JIUNE 28, 1944 money on account thereof, accept such volunteer services as they may deem expedient in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the medical services herein provided for: Provided further, That not to exceed $200 may be expended for special services in detecting adulteration of drugs and foods, including candy and milk. Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Sanatorium: For all expenses necessary for the Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Glenn Dale, Maryland, including personal services; compensation of consulting physicians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, and not to exceed $3,000 for tempo- rary per diem services; rental, maintenance, repair, and operation of busses; school books, books of reference, and periodicals; printing and binding; classroom supplies; and repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $1,014,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be for the compensation of convalescent patients to be employed in essential work of the sanatorium and as an aid to their rehabilitation at rates and under conditions to be determined by the Commissioners; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as conferring em- ployee status on patients whose services are so utilized. Gallinger Municipal Hospital: For all expenses necessary for Gallinger Municipal Hospital and the Tuberculosis Hospital at Four- teenth and Upshur Streets, Northwest, including personal services; one superintendent at $8,000 per annum; one deputy superintendent at $6,000 per annum; not to exceed five full-time chief medical officers at $6,000 per annum each and two associate medical officers at $4,600 per annum each, to be appointed without reference to civil-service requirements; not to exceed $20,000 for temporary per diem services; reference books and periodicals; musical instruments and music; expenses of commencement exercises, entertainments, and the training school for nurses; printing and binding; rent, out-patient relief of the poor, including medica and surgical supplies, artificial limbs, and pay of physicians; expenses incident to furnishing proper containers for the reception, burial, and identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indigent persons that are cremated at the public crema- torium and remain unclaimed after twelve months from the date of such cremation; and repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $2,172,000: Provided,That hereafter no District of Colum- bia appropriations shall be available for the care of persons, except in emergency cases, where the person has been a resident of the District of Columbia for less than one year at the time of application for admission: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 of the appro- priation of $50,000 for repairs, alterations, and improvements to the Tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur Streets, Northwest, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1948, is continued available for the same purpose in the fiscal year 1945. Medical charities: For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be made by the Health Officer of the District of Columbia and approved by the Commissioners with institutions, as follows: Children's Hospital, $75,000; Central Dispensary and Emergency Hos- pital, $55,000; Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, $55,000; Washington Home for Incurables, $25,000; in all, $210,000. Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum: For general repairs including labor and material to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $5,000. Freedmen's Hospital: For reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hospital, as specified under the head, "Freedmen's Hospital", in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1945, $516,100. Special seros. Pot,p. 880. Residents of D. 0. for less than 1 year. 6 Stat. 440 . PAd. p. SB. 58 STAT.]

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