Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 60 Part 1.djvu/491

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 541-JULY 5, 1946 furnishing and laundering of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for the employees in the performance of their Transfer of funds. official duties, $1,300,000: Provided, That there may be transferred to the appropriation "Pay, and so forth, commissioned officers, Public Health Service", $106,883 without limitation accounts, and to other appropriations of the Public Health Service such amounts as may be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney General for direct expenditure by that Service. Construction of buildings and facilities: For construction, remodel- ing, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions and all necessary expenses incident thereto, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General by contract or purchase of material and hire of labor and services and utilization of labor of United States prisoners as the Attorney General may direct, $600,000: Provided, That $635,000 of the amount transferred to this appropriation by the Navy Department under 66 Stat. 48 . the authority contained in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1943, shall be available for the construction of dwellings at . existing institutions. non-Federal institu- Support of United States prisoners: For support of United States tons and in Alaska. prisoners in non-Federal institutions and in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and medical aid; expenses of trans- porting persons released from custody of the United States to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States, or such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General, and the furnishing to them of suitable clothing and, in the discretion of the Attorney General, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence; and including rent, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildings and 8 Stat. 32. the maintenance of prisoners therein, occupied under authority of sections 4 and 5 of the Act of May 14, 1930 (18 U. S. C. 753c, 753d); support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment and who continue insane after expiration of sentence, who have no relatives or friends to whom they can be sent; shipping remains of deceased pris- oners to their relatives or friends in the United States and interment of deceased prisoners whose remains are unclaimed; expenses incurred in identifying, pursuing, and returning escaped prisoners and for rewards for their capture; and for repairs, betterments, and improve- ments of United States jails, including sidewalks; $1,800,000. Perdiemrestriction. None of the money appropriated by this title shall be used to pay any witness or bailiff more than one per diem for any one day's serv- ice, even though he serves in more than one of such capacities on the same day. forlattorneys nt None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used to pay the compensation of any person hereafter employed as an attorney unless such person shall be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. Reimbursement to Sixty i » re mbusement to Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the offices of the United States District Attorney and the United States Marshal for the District of Columbia from all appropriations in this title shall be reimbursed to the United States from any funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. citation of title. This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1947". 464 [60 STAT.