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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 279-JUNE 29, 1949 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; $2,338,613: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the maintenance of white girls in the National Training School for Girls: Provided further, That the salary of the superintendent of the National Training School for Girls shall be at the rate of $4,651 per annum. Capital outlay, protective institutions: For completing the con- struction of a residence for employees and a residence for the medical staff at the District Training School, $185,000. Saint Elizabeths Hospital: For support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, $7,612,622. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Director of Public Welfare, upon requisitions pre- viously approved by the Auditor of the District and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said Director, sums of money to be used for placing and visiting children; returning parolees and wards of the Board of Public Welfare; and deportation of nonresident insane persons and nonresident indigent persons including mainte- nance pending transportation; the total of such advancements not to exceed $2,000 at any one time. 315 Restriction on use of funds. Salary of superin- tendent. Advances. PUBLIC WORKS Operating expenses, office of chief clerk: For expenses for the office of chief clerk, including maintenance and repair of wharves; and $1,000 for affiliation with the National Safety Council, Incorporated; $57,906. Office of Municipal Architect: For expenses necessary for the Office of Municipal Architect, $109,636, of which $17,600 shall be exclusively for test borings and soil investigations. All apportionments of appropriations for the use of the Office of Municipal Architect in payment of personal services employed on construction work provided for by said appropriations shall be based on an amount not exceeding 31/ per centulm of a total of not more than $2,000,000 of appropriations made for such construction projects and not exceeding 31/4 per centum of a total of the appropriations in excess of $2,000,000, and appropriations specifically made in this Act for the preparation of plans and specifications shall be deducted from any allowances authorized under this paragraph: Provided, That reimbursements may be made to this fund from appropriations con- tained in this Act for services rendered other activities of the District government, without reference to fiscal-year limitations on such appropriations. Operating expenses, Office of Superintendent of District Buildings: For expenses necessary for care of the District buildings, including rental of postage meter equipment, uniforms and caps for guards and elevator operators, $957,200. Surveyor's office: For expenses necessary for the surveyor's office, $138,000. Department of Inspections: For expenses necessary for the Depart- ment of Inspections, including the enforcement of the Act requiring the erection of fire escapes on certain buildings (48 Stat. 843) and the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings (34 Stat. 157; Basis of apportion- ment. Reimbursements. Fire escapes. D. C. Code 11 5-01 to 5-312.

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