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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.--CH. 300-JUNE 28, 1944 modities and relief milk to public and charitable institutions; neces- sary expenses, including personal services without regard to the Classification Act of 1923 as amended, for the carrying out, under regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioners of a "penny milk" program for the school children of the District, including the purchase and distribution of milk under agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture, and for the carrying out of a food-conservation program in the District of Columbia, including the supervision of "Victory" gardens and the canning of the products thereof; maintenance pending transportation, and transportation, of indigent nonresident persons; burial of indigent residents of the District of Columbia; including for all such pur- poses, personal services; books of reference and periodicals; and printing and binding; $1,466,000: Provided, That collections from the milk program shall be paid to the collector of taxes, District of Columbia, for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District, and that reimbursement for canning of "Victory" garden products shall be in kind and for the benefit of public-welfare institutions of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the auditing and disbursing of funds under this appro- priation, and the accounting therefor, including all employees engaged in such work and records relating thereto, shall be under the supervision and control of the Auditor of the District of Columbia. Institutions for the indigent: For all necessary expenses for the Home for the Aged and Infirm, the Municipal Lodging House, and the Temporary Home for Former Soldiers and Sailors, including personal services; printing and binding; subsistence of interns; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; care and mainte- nance of women and children under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare and approved by the Commissioners with the Florence Crittenton Home and Saint Ann's Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital; training and employment of the blind under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare and approved by the Commissioners with the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind; and for aid and support of the National Library for the Blind; $378,000. JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE Operating expenses: For all expenses necessary for the operation of the Industrial Home School, the Industrial Home School for Colored Children, and the National Training School for Girls, including personal services; books of reference and periodicals; printing and binding; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; securing suitable homes for paroled or discharged children; and care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Train- ing School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia under a contract to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the Attorney General at a rate of not to exceed $2 per day for each boy so committed; $393,700: Provided,That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the maintenance of white girls in the National Training School for Girls: Providedfurther, That the salary of the superintendent of the National Training School for Girls shall be at the rate of $2,700 per annum. Capital outlay: For the acquisition of land in the vicinity of the District Training School near Laurel, Maryland, as a site for the National Training School for Girls, $58,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $42,000 for this purpose 521 "Penny milk" pro- gram for school chil- dren. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.. C.. 661; Supp.III,i661 t. 'rVictory" garden. Po p. an. Site for National Training School for Girls.

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