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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2n SESS.-CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 writing by the Attorney General; traveling expenses, including travel- ing expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by law incurred in the discharge of their official duties; transfer of household goods and effects, as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940, and regulations promulgated thereunder; furnishing of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official duties; newspapers, books, and periodicals; firearms and ammunition; purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; under the following heads: Provided,That any part of the appropria- tions under this heading used for payment of salaries of personnel employed in the operation of prison commissaries shall be reimbursed from commissary earnings, and such reimbursement shall be in addition to the amounts appropriated herein. Penitentiaries and reformatories: For maintenance and operation of United States penitentiaries and reformatories, including not to exceed $4,470,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $7,995,000. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners: For maintenance and opera- tion of the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, including not to exceed $260,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $612,000. Jails and correctional institutions: For maintenance and operation of Federal jails and correctional institutions, including not to exceed $1,913,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $3.278,000. Prison camps: For the construction and repair of buildings at prison camps and for maintenance and operation of prison camps, $704,000. Medical and hospital service: For medical relief for inmates of penal and correctional institutions and appliances necessary for patients including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and furnishing and laundering of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for the employees in the performance of their official duties, $1,015,000: Provided, That there may be trans- ferred without limitation accounts to the appropriation "Pay, and so forth, commissioned officers, Public Health Service", such amount as may be necessary for the pay of not to exceed thirty officers assigned to the Federal Prison Service, and to other appropriations of the Public Health Service such amounts as may be necessary, in the discre- tion of the Attorney General, for direct expenditure by that Service for the other objects mentioned above. Construction of buildings and facilities: For construction, remodel- ing, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions and all necessary expenses incident thereto, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General by contract or purchase of material and hire of labor and services and utilization of labor of United States prisoners as the Attorney General may direct, $280,000: Provided, That there is hereby author- ized to be transferred to this appropriation not in excess of $2,000,000 from any appropriation of the Navy Department available for con- struction purposes, with which to acquire a site and begin construction of an institution to replace the Federal Correctional Instituti on Terminal Island, California, heretofore taken over by the Navy Department as a war emergency measure. Support of United States prisoners: For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions and in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and medical aid, discharge gratuities provided by law, and transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States, or such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; and 487 54 Stat. 1105. 5U.8.C. §73c-1. Proviso. Prison commis- saries. Medical and hos- pital service. Proviso. Transfer of funds. ProviJo. Replacement of Fed- eral Correctional In- stitution, Terminal Is- land, Calif. Support of U. S . prisoners in non-Fed- eral institutions and in Alaska.