SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHs. 273, 274 . 1930 .
325 fuel and light, clothing, to include white duck suits and white can- Contingent expenses . vas shoes for the use of internes, and rubber surgi cal gloves, bedding, forage, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, replacement of X-ray apparatus, furniture, motor-propelled ambulance, including not exceeding $300 for the purchase of books, periodicals, and newspapers for which payments may be made in advance ; and not to exceed $1,200 for the special instruction of pupil nurses, and other absolutely necessary expenses, $87,500 ; for a hospital addition for obstetrical patients, including Post, P . 15- -1. necessary equipment, advertising for proposals, preparation of plans and supervi sion of w ork of c onstruct ion of s aid build ing, $15 5,000
One-ball charged to in all, for Freedmen 's Hospi tal, $42 4,000, o f which a mount on e-half the District . shall be chargeable to the District of Columbia and paid in like man ner as o ther appr opriatio ns of th e Distri ct of Col umbia ar e paid . SEC . 2 . Appropriations herein made for field work under the Gen- Field work appro- priations available for eral Land Office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Rec- w orka nim als, veh icle s, lamation, the Geological Survey, and the National Park Service etc . shall be available for the hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment. Approved, May 14, 1930 . CHAP. 274 .-An Act To reorganize the administration of Federal prisons ;; [H . May
R.7832 .] 32 ) to authori ze the A ttorney General to cont ract for the care of United States [Public, No. 218 .1 prisoners ; to establish Federal jails, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Department of J us- United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby t ice . Bureau of Prisons es- established in the Department of Justice a Bureau of Prisons, to tablished in . be in charge of a director, who shall be paid a salary at the rate chDirre ector to h ave of $10,000 a year, and shall be appointed by and serve directly under Ante, p . 187 . the Attorney General . The officers and employees of the existin
P ersn of office of ofP Pri g Superintendent office of the Superintendent of Prisons ; all official records, furnl- ons, d duties, etc ., trans- ture, and supplies ; and all of the authority, powers, and duties con- ferred by law or regulation upon the Superintendent of Prisons or any of his subordinates are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Prisons . The Attorney General shall have the power to appoint such additional officers and employees as may be necessary . SEC . 2 . The Bureau of Prisons shall have charge of the manage- ment and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions and be responsible for the safe- keeping, care, protection, instruct ion, and discipline of all persons charged with or convicted of offenses Proviso . against the United States : Provid ed, That the provisions of this root ap plicable to Act shall not apply to military penal or military reformatory insti- Military prisons, etc . tutions or persons confined therein .
Quarters for Federal SEC . 3. It shall be the duty of the Bureau of Prisons to provide convicts, etc , to be suitable quarters for the safe-keeping, care, and subsistence of all provided dby ureau. perso ns c onvic ted o f of fense s aga inst the Unite d St ates, char ged with offenses against the United States, or held as witnesses or other- wise . For this purpose the Director of the Bureau of Prisons may state s, etc ., far keeping contract, for a period not exceeding three years with the proper Fed eral pr ison ers . authorities of any State or Territory or political subdivision thereof, for the imprisonment, subsistence, care, and proper employment of any person held under authority of any United States statute : Provided , That such Federal prisoners shall be employed only in Employment of pris- the manufacture of articles for, the production of supplies for, the criers limited . construction of public works for, and the maintenance and care of the institutions of, the State or political subdivision of the State in which they are imprisoned . The rates to be paid for the care Rates for care, etc .
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