PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 555-JUNE 19, 1948 Advances. 60 Stat. 514. 60 Stat. 514 . 57 Stat. 374. 29 U.S.C. §§3l-41 . 58 Stat. 277. D. C . Code, Supp. VI, §§ 32-751 to 32- 765. 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U.S.. 8 661-674 . "Penny milk" pro- gram. "Victory" gardens. violators; and returning released prisoners to their residences, or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Director, and the furnishing of suitable clothing and, in the discre- tion of the Director, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence, $2,606,000: Provided,That the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Director, Department of Corrections, upon requisitions previously approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said Director, sums of money not exceeding $500 at one time, to be used only for expenses in returning escaped prisoners, conditional releasees, and parolees: Provided fur- ther, That not to exceed $23,000 of the amount appropriated for "Operating expenses, adult correctional services", District of Colum- bia Appropriation Act, 1947, and the unexpended balance of the amount of $116,600 appropriated for "Capital outlay, structural improvements at the jail", District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1947, are continued available until June 30, 1949. PUBLIC WELFARE For expenses necessary for the general administration of public welfare in the District of Columbia, including contract investiga- tional services; $96,900. Agency services: For expenses necessary for certification of persons eligible for any public benefits which are or may become available as may be approved by the Commissioners, relief and rehabilitation for purposes of employment of indigent residents of the District of Columbia, to be expended under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioners; vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 6, 1943 (Public Law 113); aid to dependent children in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1944 (Public Law 340); assistance against old-age want, as authorized by law, aid for needy blind persons, as authorized by law; services for children in their own homes; distribution of surplus commodities and relief milk to public and charitable institutions; $135,200 for necessary expenses, including personal services without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for the carrying out, under regulations to be pre- scribed by the Commissioners of a "penny milk" program for the school children of the District, including the purchase and distribution of milk under agreement with the United States Department of Agri- culture, and for the carrying out of a food-conservation program in the District of Columbia, including "Victory" gardens and the canning of the products thereof; maintenance pending transportation, and transportation, of indigent nonresident persons; transportation of other indigent persons, including veterans and their families; depor- tation of nonresident insane persons, as provided by law, including persons held in the psychopathic ward of the Gallinger Municipal Hospital; burial of indigent residents of the District of Columbia; for placing and visiting children; board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of the Board of Public Welfare by the courts of the District, including white girls committed to the National Training School for Girls and all children accepted by said Board for care as authorized by law; temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay for the care of children in institutions under sectarian control; for continuous maintenance of foster homes for temporary or emergency board and care of nondelinquent children; care and maintenance of women and children under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare and approved by the Commis- 548 [62 STAT.
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