PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 774, 775-JUNE 30, 1948 53 Stat. 1295. D. C. Code §21-311. Discharge. Hospital by the staff of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. The Superin- tendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital is hereby authorized to receive and detain such persons, at the expense of the District of Columbia." SEC. 2 . The fourth paragraph of section 2 of said Act is hereby amended to read: "If as a result of examination, the staff of Gallinger Municipal Hospital or Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall find that any person detained in Gallinger Municipal Hospital or Saint ElizabethsHospital pursuant to the provisions of this section is of sound mind, he shall be discharged forthwith by said Gallinger Municipal Hospital or Saint Elizabeths Hospital, and the petition, if any, shall be dismissed." Approved June 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 775] June 30, 1948 [H. R. 6829] [Public Law 862] The Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949. Ante, pp. 176, 1027. 60 Stat. 810 . Subsistence to wit- nesses. License or inspec- tion fees; taxes. 60 Stat. 755. 42U.S.C.§§1801- 1819; Supp. I , f 1802 note. Post, p . 1259. 60 Stat. 810 . 60 Stat. 90. AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry inde- pendent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent execu- tive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, namely: EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of Defense Transportation, including salary of the Director at not to exceed $12,000, and the Deputy Director at $10,000; personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $54,000 for travel expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the agency; not to exceed $6,500 for printing and binding; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C . 55a); $340,000, of which $60,000 shall be available exclusively for ter- minal-leave payments: Provided, That the foregoing amounts may be obligated during the period ending February 28, 1949: Provided fur- ther, That the payment of subsistence to witnesses shall be subject to certification by the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation or his designee, as to the necessity therefor: Provided further, That in operating any commercial railroad or truck line the Office of Defense Transportation shall pay whatever license or inspection fees and highway use compensation taxes such lines would have been obligated to pay had they continued in operation under the control of the owners thereof. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including personal services in the District of Columbia and employment of aliens; purchase of land and interests in land;services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replace- ment only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; printing and binding; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. . 150); publication and dissemination of atomic information; payment 1196 [62 STAT.
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