57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 182 -JULY 1, 1943 clothing and, in the discretion of the Attorney General, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence; purchase of not to exceed fourteen passenger-carrying automobiles; purchase of one bus at not to exceed $2,000; maintenance and repair of pas- senger-carrying automobiles; expenses of attendance at meetings con- cerned with the work of the Federal Prison System when authorized in writing by the Attorney General; traveling expenses, including traveling expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by law incurred in the discharge of their official duties; furnishing of uni- forms 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 Prison co mm s ar - any part of the appropriations under this heading used for payment of salaries of personnel employed in the operation of prison commis- saries shall be reimbursed from commissary earnings, and such reim- bursement shall be in addition to the amounts appropriated herein: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not 41U-- . . 6- be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered under any appropriation herein under this heading when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500: Penitentiaries and reformatories: For maintenance and operation of United States penitentiaries and reformatories, including not to exceed $4,710,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $7,573,000. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners: For maintenance and opera- tion of the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Mis- souri, including not to exceed $272,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $595,000. Jails and correctional institutions: For maintenance and operation of Federal jails and correctional institutions, including not to exceed $1,818,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $2,987,000. Prison camps: For the construction and repair of buildings at prison camps and for maintenance and operation of prison camps, $469,000. 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 per- formance of their official duties, $1,000,000: Provided, That there Transferoffunds. may be transferred without limitation accounts to the appropriation "Pay, and so forth, commissioned officers, Public Health Service", PO p.r6. such amount as may be necessary for the pay of not to exceed thirty officers assigned to the Federal Prison System, and to other appro- priations of the Public Health Service such amounts as may be neces- sary, in the discretion of the Attorney General, for direct expenditure by that Service for the other objects mentioned above. Support of United States prisoners: For support of United States no-Fesderal istitu prisoners in non-Federal institutions and in the Territory of Alaska, tions and inAlaska. 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 including rent, repair, tbuilding rent, repair, alteration, and maintenance of bu an the maintenance of prisoners therein, occupied under authority of sections 4 and 5 of the Act of May 14, 1930 (18 U. .. 753c, 753d); a 8 wtl support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment and who 81077--i4 -PT . I --1 289
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