PUBLIC LAWSOH. 184-JULY 1, 1943 of indigent residents of the District of Columbia, and the certification of persons eligible for any public benefits which are or may become Anti-deficiency pro- available as may be approved by the Commissioners: Provided, That Vision. no part of this appropriation shall be expended in such a manner as to require a deficiency to supplement such appropriation: Provided Superision of ac further, That all auditing, disbursing, and accounting for funds c, administered through the Public Assistance Division of the Board of Public Welfare, including all employees engaged in such work and records relating thereto, shall be under the supervision and control of the Auditor of the District of Columbia. Home Care for Dependent Children: To carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide home care for dependent children ODt.c ode 11 3- in the District of Columbia", approved June 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 758- 760), including not to exceed $28,860 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $243,400, together with not to exceed $55,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose con- 5 Stat. 44. tained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943: Pro- Apportionment of vided, That this appropriation shall be so apportioned and distributed by the Commissioners over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and shall be so administered during such fiscal year as to constitute the total amount that will be utilized during such fiscal year for such purposes, and no more than $400 shall be paid for burial of children dying while beneficiaries under said Act. Assistance against old-age want: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia in relation to providing assistance against old-age want", D. c. code i1- approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 747), $635,465, together with not to exceed $50,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 56stat. 446. Act, 1943, including not to exceed $72,420 for personal services, and recipients of old-age assistance shall be eligible to receive surplus commodities distributed to needy persons by the Secretary of Agri- culture under authority of law. Pensions for needy blind persons: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of D.Cl . od 0 e i46 the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor", 101 to 46-116; Supp. 1, 46-105is. approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 744), $68,800. raPenny milk" pro For necessary expenses, including personal services without regard gram for school chil. dren. to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for the carrying out, 42 Stat. to8b. 5 . sc C. ; under regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioners of the Dis- nSpp. nI,C . de. trict of Columbia, of a "pennv milk" program for the school children of the District, including the purchase and distribution of milk under agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture, and Food-conselvation for the carrying out of a food-conservation program in the District program. of Columbia, including the supervision of "Victory" gardens and Deposit oI cofleo. the canning of the products thereof, $75,000: Provided, That collec- tions from the milk program shall be paid to the collector of taxes, District of Columbia, for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District, and that reimbursement for such canning shall be in kind and for the benefit of public-welfare institutions of the District of Columbia. TEMPORARY HOME FO FO RMRER SODIERS AND SAILORS For personal services, $5,925; maintenance, $10,750; and repairs to buildings and grounds, $1,000; in all, $17,675, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners; and former soldiers, sailors, or marines of any war of the United States, including the Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition, shall be 334 [57 STAT.
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