Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/543

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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 300-JUNE 28, 1944 Saint Elizabeths Hospital: For support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, $3,259,450. Deportation of Nonresident Insane: For deportation of nonresident insane persons, as provided by law, including persons held in the psychopathic ward of the Gallinger Municipal Hospital, including personal services; and printing and binding; $49,296. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Director of Public Welfare, upon requisitions pre- viously approved by the Auditor of the District and upon such secu- rity as the Commissioners may require of said Director, sums of money not exceeding $2,000 at any one time, to be used for placing and visiting children; returning escaped prisoners, conditional releases, and parolees; and deportation of nonresident insane persons. PUBLIC WORKS Office of chief clerk: For all expenses for the office of chief clerk, including personal services; books of reference and periodicals; print- ing and binding; and maintenance and repair of wharves; $40,400. Office of Municipal Architect: For all expenses necessary for the Office of Municipal Architect, including personal services, books of reference and periodicals, and printing and binding, and $16,600 exclusively for test borings and soil investigations, $83,600. All apportionments of appropriations for the use of the Office of Municipal Architect in payment of personal services employed on construction work provided for by said appropriations shall be based on an amount not exceeding 3 per centum of a total of not more than $2,000,000 of appropriations made for such construction projects and not exceeding 23/4 per centum of a total of the appropriations in excess of $2,000,000, and appropriations specifically made in this Act for the preparation of plans and specifications shall be deducted from any allowances authorized under this paragraph: Provided, That reimbursements may be made to this fund from appropriations contained in this Act for services rendered other activities of the District government, without reference to fiscal-year limitations on such appropriations. Operating expenses, Office of Superintendent of District Buildings: For all expenses necessary for care of the District buildings, including personal services, rental of postage meter equipment, allowances for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties (not to exceed $264 per annum for each automobile), and printing and binding, $494,084. Capital outlay, Office of Superintendent of District Buildings: For the purchase and installation of four new passenger elevators in the District Building, $172,200. Surveyor's office: For all expenses necessary for the surveyor's office, including personal services, books of reference and periodicals, and printing and binding, $75,140. Department of Inspections: For all expenses necessary for the Department of Inspections, including the enforcement of the Act requiring the erection of fire escapes on certain buildings (48 Stat. 843) and the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary build- ings (34 Stat. 157; 49 Stat. 105); such expenses to include two members of the plumbing board at $150 per annum each; two mem- bers of the board of examiners, steam engineers, at $300 per annum each (the inspector of boilers to serve without additional compensa- tion); $6 per diem to each member of board of survey, other than the inspector of buildings, while actually employed in surveys of 523 Advance Reimbursement. Fire espein. D.C. Code it 5-a to 5-312 D. C. Code i 5-01 to 5-615, i 501 to 5-605; Snpp. 11, iH - ON to 5-64.