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[69 Stat. 407]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 407]

69 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 195-AUG. 1, 1955

with the chemotherapy program; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $24,828,000. Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314 (c) of the Act with respect to mental diseases, and including erection of temporary structures, $17,761,000. National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Heart Act, $18,778,000. Dental health activities: For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to dental diseases and conditions, $2,136,000. Arthritis and metabolic disease activities: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $10,740,000. Microbiology activities: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to microbiology, including the regulation and preparation of biologic products, $7,580,000. Neurology and blindness activities: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to neurology and blindness, $9,861,000. Gorgas Memorial Laboratory: For payment to the Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, $147,000. Retired pay of commissioned officers: For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and payments under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, $1,225,000. 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 preparing information, articles, and publications related to public health; and conducting studies and demonstrations in public health methods; $2,762,000: Provided, That there may be transferred from any appropriation to the Public Health Service in the pepartment of Health, PMucation, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1955, to any other such appropriation such amounts as the Surgeon General may determine for the cost of activities relating to jjoliomyelitis during the fiscal year 1955: Provided further, That subsection (g) of section 208 of the Public IFealth Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210 (g)) is amended by striking out the word "thirty" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "sixty". S A I N T KLIZAHETIIS HOSPITAL

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the hospital, including purchase of clothing for patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in the scientific research into the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of mental illness, $2,527,000. Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For miscellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, on ihe grounds of the hospital, including preparation of plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction, $6()(),0()(), to remain available until June 30, 1957: Provided, That any part of this amount may be transferred to the General Services Administration. Construction, maximum security building: For expenses necessary for the preparation of plans and specifications for a maximum security building at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $269,000.

407 42 USC 281-286. 42 USC 241-244, 246.

62 Stat. 464. 42 USC 287 note.

67 Stat. 501. 37 USC 371 note.

Poliomyelitis. 68 Stat. 440.

Professional and s c i e n t i f i c positions. 64 Stat. 447.