SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 39. 1928 . PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Sal aries, offic e of S urgeon Gener al : For pe rsonal servi ces in the Di strict of Co lumbia , $318 ,955 . For pay, allowance, and commutation of quarters for commissioned medical officers, including the Surgeon General, assistant surgeons g enera l at larg e not exce eding thr ee in numb er, and p harma cist s, $1 .250,000 . For pay of acting assistant surgeons (noncommissioned medical officers), $333,040 . For pay of all other employees (attendants, and so forth), $1 ,090,850 . For freight, transportation, and traveling expenses, including the expenses, except membership fees, of officers when officially detailed to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of public health, and the packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of the personal effects o f commiss ioned off icers, sc ientific personnel , pharmac ists, and nurses of the Public Health Service, upon permanent change of station, $29,000 : Provided, That funds expendable for transportation and traveling expenses may also be used for preparation for ship- me nt and trans portat ion to their forme r homes of re mains of off icers who die in line of duty . For main tain ing t he Hy gien ic La borat ory, $43, 000 . For journals and scientific books, office of Surgeon General, .$500 . For medical examinations, including the amount necessary for the medical inspection of aliens, as required by section 16 of the Act of February 5, 1917 (U . S . C., p . 137, sec . 152), medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies, including prosthetic and ortho- pedic supp lies to b e fur nishe d un der r egula tions app roved by t he Secreta ry of the Tr easury , for benefi ciaries (othe r than patie nts of the U nited Stat es V etera ns' B urea u) of the Publi c He alth Servi ce and per sons d etaine d in h ospita ls of the Pub lic He alth S ervice under the imm igrati on law s and regula tions, includ ing ne cessar y pers onnel, regular and reserve commissioned officers o f the Public Health Service, personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including the furnishing and laundering of white duck coats, trousers, smocks, aprons, and caps to employees whose duties make necessary the wearing of same, maintenance, minor repairs, equip- ment, leases, fuel, lights, water, freight, transportation and travel, maintenance, exchange and operation of motor trucks and passenger motor vehicles, and including not exceeding $3,000 for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (at a cost not to exceed $1,000 each, including the value of any vehicle exchange d, except for ambu- lances) , tran sporta tion, care, mainte nance, and tr eatmen t of l epers, including transportation to their homes in the continental United States of recovered indigent leper patients, court costs, and other expenses incident to proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken for commi tment of m enta lly i ncomp ente nt pe rsons to h ospi tals for t he care and t reatm ent of th e ins ane, and reaso nable bur ial e xpens es (not exceed ing $1 00 for any p atient dying in hos pital) , $5,5 16,600
Provi ded, That the Immigration Service shall permit the Public Health Service to use the hospitals at Ellis Island Immigration Station for the care of Public Health Service patients free of expense for physical upkeep, but with a charge of actual cost of fuel, light, water, telephone, and similar supplies and services, to be covered into the proper Immigration Service appropr iation ; an d mon ey collect ed by the Im migrat ion Se rvice on acco unt of hospi tal ex penses of persons detained in hospitals of the Public Health Service under the immigration laws and regulations shall be covered into the 1039 Public Health Serv- ice . Office personnel . Pa y, etc ., Surgeon General, etc . Actin g ass ista nt su r- geons . Other employees . Freight, transporta- tion, etc . Proviso . Transportin g re- mains of officers . Hygienic Laboratory. Books, etc . Medical exa mina- tions, hospital services to beneficiaries, etc . Vol. 39, p. 885 . U.S . Code, p .137. Services in t he Dis- trict, etc. General expenses . Lepers, insane per- sons, etc . Provisos . Use of Ellis Island Hospitals . Receipts to be cov- ered into the Treasury .
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