Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/610

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 475-JULY 2, 1942 40 Stat. 886. 42U. .c.. 25a- 25e. Vehicles. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 581. Ane, p. 568 . 46 Stat. 586. Lexington, Ky., and Fort Worth, Tex. 45 Stat. 1085. Vehicles. aid State and local boards or otherwise in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same, and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may be then in force, includ- ing the purchase and exchange (not to exceed two) and maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles, $198,780. Interstate quarantine service: For cooperation with State and municipal health authorities in the prevention of the spread of con- tagious and infectious diseases in interstate traffic, including the maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automo- biles, $26,300. Division of Venereal Diseases: For the maintenance and expenses of the Division of Venereal Diseases, established by sections 3 and 4, chapter XV, of the Act approved July 9, 1918 (42 U. S . C . 24, 25), and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of May 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 439-440), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation for miscellaneous and contingent expenses for the Public Health Service; purchase of reports, documents, and other material for publication and of reprints from State, city, and private publications; purchase, including exchange (not to exceed two), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use in field work, $12,500,000, of which (1) not to exceed $142,212 may be transferred to the appropriation "Pay, and so forth, commissioned officers, Public Health Service", and (2) not to exceed $130,000 may be transferred to the appropriation "Traveling expenses, Federal Security Agency", for the traveling expenses of the personnel of the Division of Venereal Diseases, which shall be in addition to the sum contained in such appropriation for such Division. Division of mental hygiene: For carrying out the provisions of section 4 of the Act of June 14, 1930 (21 U. S. C . 196, 225); for maintenance and operation of the United States Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, and the United States Public Health Service Hospital of Fort Worth, Texas, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Act of January 19, 1929 (21 U. S. C . 221-237), includ- ing personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $24,896) and elsewhere; traveling expenses; firearms and ammuni- tion; necessary supplies and equipment; reimbursement to the work- ing capital fund for articles or services furnished by the industrial activities; subsistence and care of inmates; expenses incurred in pur- suing and identifying escaped inmates, including rewards for their capture; expenses of interment or transporting remains of deceased inmates including the remains of persons voluntarily admitted; pur- chase and exchange of farm products and livestock; lawbooks, books of reference, newspapers, and periodicals; furnishing and laundering of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official duties; transportation and subsistence allowance when necessary, within continental United States and under regulations approved by the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, of persons voluntarily admitted and dis- charged as cured; tobacco for inmates; and maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $1,250,800, and the Surgeon General is authorized to utilize Government-owned automotive equipment in transporting to and from school, children of Public Health Service personnel on duty at the Public Health Service hospitals at Fort Worth, Texas, and Lexington, Kentucky, who have quarters for themselves and their families on the station reservations. Grants to States for public-health work: For the purpose of assist- ing States, counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions 582 [56 STAT.