PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 452 -JUNE 27, 1942 Polk School build- ing, alterations, etc. 55 Stat. 517 Hospitals and sana- toria. Prwoio. Ante, p. 238. Not to exceed $4,800 of the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion of $120,000 for beginning the construction of the Northwest Health Center, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1942, is reappropriated and made available for repairs, altera- tions, and improvements to the Polk School building to make it suitable for use temporarily for enlarged clinical services. For the following hospital and sanatoria: Tuberculosis sanatoria: For personal services, including $3,000 for chief visiting consultant, and not to exceed $3,000 for compensation of consulting physicians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, $475,265. For provisions, fuel, forage, harness and vehicles and repairs to same, gas, water, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, medical books, schoolbooks, classroom supplies, books of reference, and peri- odicals not to exceed $500, maintenance of motortrucks, and other necessary items, $288,750. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including roads and sidewalks, $12,600. For purchase and installation of equipment and for alterations and improvements to the sewage treatment plant, $8,750. Tuberculosis Hospital: For repairs, alterations, and improvements to the Tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur Streets North- west, to make it suitable for use temporarily during the present emergency for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients, $50,000. For all expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of the Tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur Streets Northwest, $136,920, including not to exceed $73,545 for personal services; not to exceed $18,750 for necessary furniture and equipment; and not to exceed $1,500 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds. Gallinger Municipal Hospital: For personal services, including not to exceed six full-time chief resident physicians at $5,600 per annum each and two associate medical officers at $3,200 per annum each, to be appointed without reference to civil-service requirements, and including not to exceed $2,000 for temporary labor, $905,047, of which $26,760 shall be available for out-patient relief of the poor, including medical and surgical supplies, artificial limbs, and pay of physicians: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the care of persons, except in emergency cases, where the person has been a resident of the District of Columbia for less than one year at the time of application for admission. For maintenance of the hospital; for maintenance of the quarantine station, smallpox hospital, and public crematorium, including 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; for mainte- nance and purchase of horses and horse-drawn vehicles; for medical books, books of reference, and periodicals not to exceed $500; for maintenance of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicles; and for all other necessary expenses, $452,900. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $23,000: Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $6,500 for an additional amount for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, contained in the Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, is continued available in the fiscal year 1943. Purchase of books, musical instruments and music, expense of com- mencement exercises, entertainments, and inspection by New York 440 [56 STAT.
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