Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/888

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850 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 688 -OCT. 13 , 1949 [63 STAT. Buildings and im- Canal incident to their special training in the United States; pur- provements. chase, construction, repair, replacement, alteration, or enlargement of buildings, structures, equipment, and other improvements, to be avail- able until expended, as follows: Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal: For salary of the Governor, as authorized by law; contingencies of the Governor, including entertainment, to be expended in his discretion, not exceed- ing $3,000; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of materials, supplies, and equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United Allen cipples. States Government, and for authorized sales; payment in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the Injury Compensa- 39 stat. 750. tion Act approved September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal; Relie payments. and relief payments authorized by the Act approved July 8, 1937 48 U..S . . 1372. (50 Stat. 478); $14,500,000, together with all moneys arising from the conduct of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal Act. Sanitation: For sanitation, quarantine, hospitals, and medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of in- digent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable, the purchase of artificial limbs or other appliances for persons who were injured in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission or the Panama Canal prior to Septem- ber 7, 1916, additional compensation to any officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed with the Panama Canal as chief Blood transfsions. quarantine officer, and payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood from their veins for transfusion to the veins of patients in Panama Canal Hospitals, $3,300,000. Civil government: For civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including gratuities and necessary clothing for indigent discharged prisoners, $3,450,000. Additional sns. In addition to the foregoing sums there is hereby made available for the current fiscal year for expenditures and reinvestment under the several heads of appropriation aforesaid, without being covered into the Treasury of the United States, and to remain available until expended, all moneys received by the Panama Canal during the current fiscal year from services rendered or materials and supplies furnished to the United States, the Panama Railroad Company, the Canal Zone government, or to their employees, respectively or to the Panama Government, from hotel and hospital supplies and services; from rentals, wharfage, and like service; from labor, materials, and supplies and other services furnished to vessels other than those pass- ing through the Canal, and to others unable to obtain the same else- where; from the sale of scrap and other byproducts of manufacturing and shop operations; from the sale of obsolete and unserviceable materials, supplies, and equipment purchased or acquired for the operation, maintenance, protection, sanitation, and government of the Net profits. Canal and Canal Zone; and any net profits accruing from such business to the Panama Canal shall annually be covered into the Treasury of the United States. PaWrawnd Coeonc. There is also made available for the current fiscal year for the operation, maintenance, and extension of waterworks, sewers, and pavements in the cities of Panama and Colon, to remain available until expended, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid during that fiscal year as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses.