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59 STAT.] 79rH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 209-JUNE 30, 1945 set by the court, cases be discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials be waived: Provided further, That hereafter the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the clerk of the court, upon requisition previously approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia, sums of money not exceeding $500 at any one time, to be used for the payment of witness fees. Municipal court of appeals, $62,300, of which $500 shall be available for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364). United States courts: For reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by the Judiciary and the Department of Justice as specified under the head "United States courts for the District of Columbia" in the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1946, and in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1946, $599,300. Probation system: For all expenses necessary for the probation system, including personal services, $125 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364), and printing and binding, $33,600. Office of Register of Wills: For all expenses necessary for the Office of Register of Wills, including personal services; $500 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364); lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; printing and binding; and contract statistical services, $96,600. Commission on Mental Health: For all expenses necessary for the Commission on Mental Health, including an executive secretary at $3,200 per annum and physician-members at $4,000 per annum, and other personal services; lawbooks, books of reference, and period- icals; and printing and binding; $95,300. Advances for pay- ment of witness fees. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. Reimbursement. . nte, pp. 196, 187. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Health Department (excluding hospitals): For all expenses neces- sary for the general administration, medical services, laboratories, and inspection services of the Health Department, including the en- forcement of the Acts relating to the prevention of the spread of contagious and infectious diseases in the District of Columbia; the maintenance of tuberculosis and venereal-disease clinics and dis- pensaries; the conduct of hygiene and sanitation work in schools; the maintenance of a dental health service; the maintenance of a maternal and child-health service, including housekeeping assistance in cases of authentic indigent sick; the maintenance of a nursing serv- ice; the maintenance of a psychiatric service; the maintenance of an emergency ambulance service; the operation and maintenance of lab- oratories; out-patient relief of the poor, including medical and surgi- cal supplies, artificial limbs, and pay of physicians, and the enforce- ment of the Acts relating to the drainage of lots and abatement of nuisances in the District of Columbia, the Act relating to the adulter- ation of foods, drugs, and candy, the Act relating to the manufacture and sale of mattresses, the Act relating to the manufacture, sale, and transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleteri- ous foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and the Act relating to the sale of milk, cream, and ice cream; such expenses to include two physi- cians at $4,600 per annum each, to be appointed without regard to civil-service laws, and other personal services; contract investiga- tional service; books and periodicals; uniforms- rent; printing and binding; purchase, maintenance, and repair oi passenger-carrying