62 STAT.] 8OTH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 555 -JUNE 19, 1948 547 and music; expenses of commencement exercises, entertainments, and the training school for nurses; expenses incident to furnishing proper containers for the reception, burial, and identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indigent persons that are cremated at the public crematorium and remain unclaimed after twelve months from the date of such cremation; and repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $3,605,500. Capital outlay, Gallinger Municipal Hospital: For an additional amount for the construction of an incinerator, $15,000. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $620,000 contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, for the con- 5 9 Stat. 282. struction of a new pediatrics building is made available for a com- bination pediatrics and crippled children's building, including $60,000 for additional construction services, and the Commissioners are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction of such combination pediatrics and crippled children's building at a total cost of not to exceed $2,050,000. Not to exceed $5,340 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $190,000 contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 69 stat 282- 1946, for the construction of a laboratory building is made available as an additional amount for the preparation of plans and specifications for a laboratory building, and the Commissioners are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction of such labora- tory building at a total cost of not to exceed $478,000. Medical charities: For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be made by the Health Officer of the District of Columbia and approved by the Commissioners with institutions, as follows: Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital; Children's Hospital; Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum; Eastern Dis- pensary and Casualty Hospital; Episcopal Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital; Garfield Memorial Hospital; George Washington Uni- versity Hospital; Georgetown University Hospital; Providence Hos- pital; and Washington Home for Incurables; in all, $735,000: Provided, That the in-patient rate shall not exceed $9 per diem and Patient rtt*s. the out-patient rate shall not exceed $2 per visit. Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum: For general repairs, including labor and material to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $5,000. Freedmen's Hospital: For reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hospital as specified under the head, "Freedmen's Hospital", in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949, $400,000: Provided, That Aten,p.31 the in-patient rate shall not exceed $9 per diem and the out-patient rate shall not exceed $2 per visit. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Operating expenses: For expenses necessary for the Department of Corrections, including subsistence of interns; compensation of consulting physicians, dentists, and other specialists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; attendance of guards at pistol and rifle matches; uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official duties; rental of motion-picture films; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; purchase of motorbusses; support, maintenance, and trans- portation of prisoners transferred from the District of Columbia; interment or transporting the remains of deceased prisoners to their relatives or friends in the United States; electrocutions; identifying, pursuing, recapturing (including rewards therefor), and returning to institutions, escaped inmates and parole and conditional-release
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