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180 Home for Aged and Infirm. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 62-APR. 4 , 1938 HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM [52 STAT. Salaries. Salaries: For personal services, $65,840; temporary labor, $2,000; in all, $67,840. Contingent ex- For provisions, fuel, forage, harness and vehicles and repairs to same, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, and other neces- sary items, purchase and exchange of one farm tractor at not to exceed $1,300, and maintenance of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicles, $74,300. Repairs, etc.; day For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, such work to be performed by day labor or otherwise in the discretion of the Commissioners, $12,000. Municipal Lodg House. Public assistance Relief of the une ployed, etc. From District re nues. Provisos. Supervision of counts. Antideficiency p vision. Payment resti tion. Homne care for pendent children. 44 Stat. 7.W. Proviso. Apportionment strictlons. Old-age assistan 49 Stat. 747 . Pensions for nee blind persons. 49 Stat. 744 . ing MUNICIPAL LODGING HOUSE For personal services, $3,600; maintenance, $4,000; in all, $7,600. . PUBLIC ASSISTANCE em- For the purpose of affording relief to residents of the District of Columbia who are unemployed or otherwise in distress because of the existing emergency to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia by employment and direct relief, in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners and under rules and regu- lations to be prescribed by the board and without regard to the pro- ve- visions of any other law, payable from the revenues of the District of Columbia, $900,000, and not to exceed 81/2 per centum of this appropriation and of Federal grants reimbursed under this appro- priation shall be expended for personal services, and not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for the distribution of surplus commodities, including $4,020 for personal services: Provided, That all auditing, disbursing, and accounting for funds administered through the Pub- lic Assistance Division of the Board of Public Welfare, including all employees engaged in such work and records relating thereto, shall be under the supervision and control of the Auditor of the District Iro of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in such a manner as to require a deficiency to supplement ric- such appropriation: Provided further, That not more than $60 per month shall be paid therefrom to any one family. de- Home Care for Dependent Children: To carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide home care for dependent children in the District of Columbia", approved June 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 758-760), including not to exceed $13,060 for personal services r in the District of Columbia, $163,000: Provided, That this appropri- ation shall be so apportioned and distributed by the Commissioners over the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and shall be so administered during such fiscal year, as to constitute the total amount that will be utilized during such fiscal year for such purposes, and no more than $75 per month shall be paid therefrom to any one family, and no more than $400 shall be paid for burial of children dying while beneficiaries under said Act. »e. Assistance against old-age want: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia in relation to providing assistance against old-age want", approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 747), including not to exceed $32,265 for personal services and other necessary expenses, $597,000. dy Pensions for needy blind persons: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor", approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 744), $36,250.