55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 271- -JULY 1, 1941 maintenance of livestock and horses; purchase of a moving-picture machine at not to exceed $1,500; purchase of one motorbus at not to exceed $5,600; purchase, exchange, maintenance, operation and repair of non-passenger-carrying vehicles and motorbusses, fuel for heating, lighting, and power, and all other necessary items, includ- ing uniforms and caps for guards, $485,600. For repairs to buildings and grounds, and maintenance of utilities, marine and railroad transportation facilities, and mechanical equip- ment not used in industrial enterprises, $27,000. To provide a working capital fund for such industrial enterprises as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia, $30,000: Provided, That the various departments and institutions of the District of Columbia and the Federal Government may pur- chase, at fair market prices, as determined by the Commissioners, such products and services as meet their requirements; receipts from the sale of products and services shall be deposited to the credit of said working capital fund, and said fund, including all receipts credited thereto, shall be used as a revolving fund for the fiscal year 1942 for the purchase and repair of machinery, tools, and equipment, purchase of raw materials and manufacturing supplies, purchase, maintenance, and operation of non-passenger-carrying vehicles, and purchase of fuel for manufacturing purposes; for freight, personal services, and all other necessary expenses; and for the payment to inmates or their dependents of such pecuniary earnings as the Com- missioners may deem proper. Construction: For continuing construction and equipment of per- manent buildings for women, including sewers, water mains, and other necessary utilities, $20,000; For construction of an infirmary and a holding and admission center at the workhouse, including equipment and necessary utilities, $33,000; For the replacement of guard towers at the reformatory, $5,600; For construction of a road paralleling the institution's railway between the workhouse and the reformatory, $5,000; For remodeling the commissary building at the workhouse, $2,500; For remodeling, repairing, rearranging, and waterproofing steam- distribution tunnels at the workhouse to permit sectionalization of steam load, $17,000; For construction of a motor-vehicle storage shed at the reforma- tory, $8,000; In all, $91,100, to be immediately available and to be disbursed and accounted for as "Construction, Penal Institutions, District of Colum- bia", and for that purpose shall constitute one fund and remain avail- able until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for or on account of any construction not herein specified. Support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transporta- tion of convicts transferred from District of Columbia; expenses of shipping remains of deceased convicts to their homes in the United States; expenses of interment of unclaimed remains of deceased con- victs; expenses incurred in identifying, pursuing, recapturing (includ- ing rewards therefor), and returning to institutions, escaped con- victs and parole and conditional-release violators; and transportation expenses of returning released convicts to their residences $120,730. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the general superintendent of penal institutions, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $500 at one time, to be used only for expenses in returning escaped prisoners, con- 521 Fund for industrial enterprises. Priso. Purchase of prod- ucts, etc. Buildings for wom- en. Infirmary and ad- mission center. Proiso. Support of convicts. Advances for re- turning escaped pris- oners.
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