PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 275-JUNE 29,1949 and fifty-six regular active commissioned officers; for medals, decora- tions, and retired pay of regular and reserve commissioned officers; and for six months' death gratuity pay and burial payments for regular commissioned officers; $1,500,000, and the Surgeon General is authorized to advance to this appropriation from appropriations made available to the Public Health Service for the current fiscal year such additional amounts as may be necessary for pay and allowances of the officers herein authorized. Salaries and expenses: For the divisions and offices of the Office of the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public Health Service not appropriated for elsewhere, including the super- vision of sanitary engineering, nursing, and dental operations of the natitonho.at icin- Public Health Service; maintenance and operation of the water and sanitary investigations station at Cincinnati, Ohio; collecting and compiling mortality, morbidity, and vital statistics, including procure- Post p.. ment, by contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, of transcripts of State, municipal, and other records, and studies and investigations related thereto; preparing information, articles, and publications ublications related to public health; conducting studies and demonstrations in public health methods; and purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles of which one shall be for replacement only; $4,400,000. Office of International Health Relations: For expenses necessary in connection with international health work, including not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Surgeon General, $130,000. Water pollution control, salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying out the functions of the Surgeon General under 62 Sat. 55npp. the Water Pollution Control Act, approved June 30, 1948 (Public 33 U. S. C., Supp. Ii, §§ 46466;j. Law 845), including the purchase of not to exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles, $1,200,000. Grants, water pollution control: For grants to carry out section 8 .Sat.5 Supp. (a) of t h e Water Pollution Control Act, approved June 30, 1948 II,§466g (a). (Public Law 845), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. SAINT ELIZABETIIS IOSPITAL Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the hospital, including clothing for patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in scientific research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of mental illness, $1,820,000. Construction and equipment, storeroom, and so forth: For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided in the Federal 62Stat.403. Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949, for completion of con- struction and equipment for building for storeroom and so forth, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $1,044,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any part of this amount may be transferred, upon the request of the Federal Security Administrator, to the Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. Construction and equipment, building for the housing, care, and treatment of mentally sick patients: For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided in the Federal Security Agency 62 Stat. 403. Appropriation Act, 1949, for completion of a building for the housing, care, and treatment of mentally sick patients, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any part of this amount may be transferred, upon the request of the Federal Security Administrator, to the Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For 292 [63 STAT.
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