PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 400 -JUNE 3, 1948 of suitable clothing and, in the discretion of the Attorney General, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence; Motor vehicles. including purchase of fifteen passenger motor vehicles; purchase of one bus at not to exceed $5,000; purchase of one large bus at $25,000 for replacement only; not to exceed $10,000 for expenses of attend- ance at meetings concerned with the work of the Federal Prison System when authorized in writing by the Attorney General; travel- ing expenses; furnishing of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official Acquisition otland. duties; not to exceed $35,000 for the acquisition of land adjacent to any Federal penal or correctional institution when, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the additional land is essential to the protec- tion of the health or safety of the institution; firearms and ammuni- tion; purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; 41 U.s. o. 5 . $17,800,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered under this appropriation when the aggregate amount Credit in appropria- involved does not exceed $500: Provided further, That collections in tion. cash for meals, laundry, barber service, uniform equipment, and any other items for which payment is made originally from appropriated funds, may be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropria- tion for maintenance and operation of the institutions. 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 furnishing and laundering of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for the employees in the performance of their offi- Transfer of funds. cial duties; $1,497,000: Provided,That there may be transferred to the Public Health Service such amounts as may be necesary, in the discretion of the Attorney General for direct expenditure by that Service. 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, $298,000. U.S . prIsonersin Support of United States prisoners: For support of United States non-Federal institu- tions and in Alaska. prisoners in non-Federal institutions and in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and medical aid; expenses of transporting persons released from custody of the United States to place of convic- tion 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 the furnishing to them of suitable clothing and, in the discretion of the Attorney General, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence; and including rent, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildings and the maintenance of prisoners therein, occupied under authority of sections 4 and 5 of the 46 tat. 326. Act of May 14, 1930 (18 U. S . C . 753c, 753d); support of prisoners Pot, p. 8s6. becoming insane during imprisonment and who continue insane after expiration of sentence, who have no relatives or friends to whom they can be sent; shipping remains of deceased prisoners to their relatives or friends in the United States and interment of deceased prisoners whose remains are unclaimed; expenses incurred in identifying, pur- suing, and returning escaped prisoners and for rewards for their capture; and for repairs, betterments, and improvements of United States jails, including sidewalks; $1,650,000. 320 [62 STAT.
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