79TTH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 247-MAY 2, 1946 of the Panama Canal incident to their special training in the United States; transportation, including insurance, of public funds and securities between the United States and the Canal Zone; purchase, pBuildngs and im - construction, repair, replacement, alteration, or enlargement of build- proen ings, structures, equipment, and other improvements; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and opera- tion, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construction of additional facilities, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows: For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal: Salary of pMastienonc and the Governor, $10,000; contingencies of the Governor, including enter- Canal. tainment, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $3,000; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of materials, supplies, and equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales; payment in lump sums of not Alie" crpples exceeding the amounts authorized by the Injury Compensation Act 5 U.aS. C. Supp. approved September 7, 1916 (5 U. S . C . 793), to alien cripples who are v, 793. now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal; relief elief payments. payments authorized by the Act approved July 8, 1937 (50 Stat. 478); 48 U. . C. 1372- and not to exceed $7,500 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail for offices of the Panama Canal in the United P nal ty mai costs. States as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 39 U. S. C., Supp. 364); in all, $12,749,000, together with all moneys arising from the V
s321d. conduct of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal Act. 48 U. S.c . C 1301- For sanitation, quarantine, hospitals, and medical aid and support t3s7S.ppv 1 of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable, the purchase of artificial limbs or other appliances for persons who were injured in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission or the Panama Canal prior to September 7, 1916, addi- tional compensation to any officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed with the Panama Canal as chief quarantine officer, and Bl 1 ood for transfu- payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood from their veins for transfusion to the veins of patients in Panama Canal Hospitals, $2,010,000. For civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, includ- Clv" Bgoernment. ing gratuities and necessary clothing for indigent discharged prisoners, $2,424,000: Provided, That $18,000 of such amount shall be immedi- ately available. Construction of additional facilities, Panama Canal: For construc- Aitie tion of additional facilities for the improvement and enlargement of the capacity of the Panama Canal, in accordance with the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1409), and for carrying out the purposes note.U ." Cj 1307 of Public Law 280, approved December 28, 1945, including reimburse- 59Stat. 663 . ments to the appropriations for "Maintenance and operation, sanita- tion, and civil government, Panama Canal", in such amounts as the Governor of the Panama Canal shall from time to time determine to be additional costs incurred for the objects specified in said appro- priations on account of the prosecution of the work; in all, $2,618,000, to be immediately available. Total Panama Canal, $19,801,000, to be available until expended. In addition to the foregoing sums there is hereby made available Additional su. for the fiscal year 1947 for expenditures and reinvestment under the several heads of appropriation aforesaid, without being covered into the Treasury of the United States, and to remain available until 165 60 STAT.]
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