Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 42 Part 1.djvu/677

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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 218. 1922. 649 passenger-carryin(g vehicles at a total cost of not exceeding $7,500 _ _ _ may be purchase , salaries and operating expenses of the Arlington €x*;Q;_§§sf°” B“‘*d“’g Building and annex, including repairs and mechanical equipment, fuel, electric current, ice, ash removal, and miscellaneous items, _ $34,970,974.65: Provided, That on or before the fifteenth day of each iiiiilffiiiy amine month when Congress is in session, the Director of the Veterans’ §)§“§’,‘,§l${Q)g.e§,‘; C,;’g$'°SS Bureau shall transmit to the President of the Senate and the S eaker ' of the House of Representatives a statement giving in detail fla.) the total number of positions at a rate of $2,000 or more per annum, (b) the rate of salary attached to each osition, (c) the number of positions at each rate in the central oflilce and in each district office or subofitice, and (d) a brief statement of the duties of each position. Mmm, and ,,,,,,,1 Com ensation: For military and naval compensation for death c<>m1>¤¤5¤ti¤¤· or disability, $160,000,000. Mmm hos ml Medical and Hospital Services: For medical, surgical, dental, ac., services to iiimeai dispensary, and hospital services and facilities, convalescent care, °‘“"°S· necessary and reasonable after care, welfare of, nursing,_(prosthet1c appliances, medical aminations, funeral and other inc1 ental ex- - penses (including tragportation of remains), traveling expenses, and sup lies, and not exceeding $100,000 for library books, magazines, andp papers for beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, including court costs and other expenses incident to proceedmgs heretofore or hereafter taken for commitment of mentally incompetent persons to hospitals for the care and treatment of the msane, P,,,,,,,,,_ ’ _ $64,658,680; Provided, That no part of the money_ hereby appro- m§£¤¤m¤¤¤¤¤¤’¤S*¤°* priated shall be used for the payment of commutation of quarters, subsistence, and laundry or quarters, heat and light, and longevity todariyp eniployee other than the commissioned medical officers pro- V1 e or statute. - This appiiopriation shall be disbursed by the United States Vet- {?Ese.ifgSi$!:°:i‘>i¤r°i»ii>1¤fl§ erans’ Bureau, and such portion thereof as mzy be necessaryl shall be allotted from time to time to the Public He th Service, the Board of Mana ers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the%Var, Na , and Interior Departments, and transferred to their credit for digursement by them for the purposes set forth in Improving mumcs the foregoing paragraph. The allotments to the said Board of Man- at voiumm So1diers' agers shall also include such sums as may be necessary to alter, H°'“°S‘ improve, or provide facilities in the several branches under its jurisdiction so as to furnish adequate accommodations for such beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau as may be committed to 1tS C8.l‘6. Expenditures nu- The allotments made by the United States YGQOIKDS, Bureau to gig{&<;<¤ S°{_¢;_ymPg*{&·j the Public Health Service for the care of beneficiaries of that bureau me by the said service shall also be available for expenditure by the Public Health Service on that account for necessaxE personnel, regular and reserve commissioned officers of the Public ealth Service, and clerical help in the District of Columbia elsewhere, maintenance, equi ment, leases, fuel, hghts, water, printing, freight, transportation and) travel, re airs and necessary minor alterations, to hospitals and auxili buildings, and mamtenance and operation of P8SSGD.g81‘ HlOt·0r veliiiiles. _ Use G; War Navy The allotments made to the War, Na.@ and _IIlt¢1'101‘ D6p81'tII1€I1tS and mmm ’nepal=¢,Z and other ovemmental agencies shall available for expenditure mmls ““°*m°·“'5· for care and treatment of beneficiaries of the United eterans’ Bureau, and for minor improvement of existing facilities, under the ggzilcgigseslgeadings of appropriations made to sa.1 departments as may Vocatidigl rehabilitation: For carrying out the provisions of the m§‘§j""“°Idr;“;i Act entitled “An Act to provide for the vocational rehabilitation and ch%m‘P:,"§mc;SL em 1‘€t111'n to civil employment of disabled persons discharged from the VQL0:-1N§Pli•P1hg}hgEW military or naval forces of the United States, and for other purposes, ’