74TH CONGRE SS . SESS.I. CH. 101. MAY 9, 1935.
215 SAINT ELIZABET HS HOSPITAL Saint Elizabeths Hospital. For support, clothing, and treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital A tnteenan8 , etc . for the In sane o f insan e pers ons fro m the Army, Navy, M arine Corps, and Coast Guard, insane inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval service of the United States, insane civilians in the quartermaster service of the Army, insane persons transferred from the Canal Zone who have been admitted to the hospital and who are indi- gent, American citizens legally adjudged insane in the Dominion Insane c iti zens in of Canada whose legal residence in one of the States, Territories, Canada . or the District of Columbia it has been impossible to establish, insane beneficiaries of the United States Employees' Compensation Com- mission, insane beneficiaries of the United States Veterans' Adminis- tration, and insane Indian beneficiaries of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including not exceeding $27,000 for the purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- ve hicles . carr ying v ehicle s for the use of th e supe rinten dent, purchas ing ag ent, and general hospital business, and including not to exceed $185,000 Rep airs and im- for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $1,185,840, pro vem ents . including maintenance and operation of necessary facilities for feed- ing employees and others (at not less than cost), and the proceeds therefrom shall reimburse the appropriation for the institution ; and not exceeding $1,500 of this sum may be expended in the removal of patients to their friends ; not exceeding $1,500 in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and newspapers, as may be required for the purposes of the hospital and for the medical library, and not exceed- Return of escaped ing $1,500 for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the patie nts . apprehen sion and return to the hospit al of escaped p atients : P ro - R tmpg inmates vided, That sod much of this sum as may be required shall be avail- no longer Federal able for all necessary expenses in ascertaining the residence of charg es . inmates who are not or who cease to be properly chargeable to Federal maintenance in the institution and in returning them to such places of residence : Provided further, That no part of this Bu tter s ubstitu tes . appropri ation shall be expended for t he purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes
- Pr ovided furth er,
That dur ing the fiscal year 1936 the District of Col umbia, or any tcPitients in the Di s- branch of the Government requiring Saint Elizabeths Hospital to care for patients for which they are responsible, shall pay by check to the superintendent, upon his written request, either in advance or at the end of each month, all or part of the estimated or actual cost of such maintenance, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment ; proper a djustments on t he basis of th e actual cost o f the care of patients paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly, as may be a greed upon betw een the Superi ntendent of Sai nt Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia government, department, or establishments concerned . All sums paid to the Superintendent of Credit of slim ,, paid Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the care of patients that he is author- for patients . ized by law to receive shall be deposited to the credit on the books of the Treas ury Department of the appropr iation made for the care and maintenance of the patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the year in which the support, clothing, and treatment is provided, and be subject to requisition by the disbursing agent of Saint Eliza- beths Hospital, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior .
