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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 555 -JUNE 19, 1948 sioners with the Florence Crittenton Home, Saint Ann's Infant Asy- lum and Maternity Hospital, the House of Mercy, and other institu- tions caring for unmarried mothers; and for burial of children dying while beneficiaries under this appropriation; including repair and upkeep of building; $3,485,200: Provided, That collections from the milk programs shall be paid to the collector of taxes, District of Colum- bia, 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 no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Public Welfare placed outside of 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 cor- respondent of said Board, and said Board shall have power to dis- charge from guardianship any child committed to its care: Provided further, That employees using privately owned automobiles for the deportation of nonresident insane, the transportation of indigent per- sons, or the placing of children may be reimbursed as authorized by section 3 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), but not to exceed $900 for any one individual. Operating expenses, protective institutions: For expenses necessary for the operation of the Industrial Home School, the Industrial Home School for Colored Children, the National Training School for Girls, the Municipal Lodging House, the Home for the Aged and Infirm, the District Training School; Temporary Home for Former Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines; maintenance, under 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 witnesses, or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise; including sub- sistence of interns; compensation of consulting physicians and vet- erinarians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, 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 Training 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 $3 per day for each boy so committed; purchase of passenger motor vehicles; $2,244,400: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the maintenance of white girls in the National Train- ing School for Girls: Providedfurther, That the salary of the super- intendent of the National Training School for Girls shall be at the rate of $4,526 per annum. Capital outlay, protective institutions: For an additional amount for the construction of a receiving home and classification center in parcel 141/68, including equipment, and treatment of grounds, $36,600; beginning the construction of a residence for employees and a residence for the medical staff at the District Training School, $180,000, including $10,950 for construction services; and the Com- missioners are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction of such residences at a total cost of not to exceed $365,000; and a preliminary study for the construction of a children's center, $5,000; in all, $221,600. Saint Elizabeths Hospital: For support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, $6,682,000: Provided,That hereafter the funds of the District of 549 Collections from milk programs. Visits to wards out- side D. C., Va., and Md. Use of privately owned automobiles. U. S.C. §73a. Restriction on use of funds. Salary of superin- tendent. Residene requne- meM.

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