SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 84. 1924. 75 be used in defraying the expenses of an erson sub oenaed b he United States courts to attend an trijalpbefore a Illnited Stdltes court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation Post. p. 221. ` for “Fees of witnesses, United States courts ": Provided further That no person shall be employed hereunder at a compensatiori P°yr°Sm°ti°°‘ greater than that allowed by law. rrmmo HEALTH smxvrcm. P“b“° H°°**'¤ S°"’*<=¤· Salaries Office of Surgeon General: For personal services in the Omw p°”°°°°l' District of Columbia, in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923," $104,405. _ For pay allowance, and commutation of quarters for c0mmis— Gf§,{;,Lj,“,‘g* S“'*°°“ sioned medical officers, including the Surgeon General, assistant ` surgeon enerals at large not exceeding three in number, and pharmacists, §1,135,000. For pa of acting assistant surgeons (noncommissioned medical ,,,,‘§,f§§“‘ “”l’“‘“”""' officers), g300,000. $8§;)ogO0 pay of all other employees (attendants, and so forth), °"‘°'°““’l°"°°°·
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For freight, transportation, and traveling expenses, including the F‘°‘¥"‘·°'°"°‘·°“= expenses, except membership fees, of officers when officially detailed to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of public health, $30,000. _ For maintaining the Hygienic Laboratory, $44,600. t,,,gY°°°i° mb°"" For preparation for shipment and transportation to their former '1‘¤e¤v¤r¤i¤:¤¤i¤¤¤¤» homes of remains of officers who die in the line of duty, $3,000. r°mms“ For journals and scientific books, $500. B°°“· For medical examinations, including the amount necessary for ,,,}‘,f,,°d§,‘{,‘,§,,,,f;f,f;‘;,i*§•:; the medical inspection of aliens, as required by section 16 of the ¤¤ bei¤e¤¤i¤ri¤s.c¤c. Act of February 5, 1917, medical, surgical, and hospital services V°‘·“°·P·885· and supplies for beneficiaries (other than patients of the United - States Veterans’ Bureau) of the Public Health Service, and persons detained under the Immigration Laws and Regulations at Ellis Island Immigration Station, including necessary pprsonnel, regular and reserve commissioned officers of the Public ealth Service, personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, main- °°¤°'°’°*P°¤”S· tenance, minor repairs, equipment, leases, fuel lights, water, freight, transportation and travel, maintenance and operation of motor trucks and passenger motor vehicles, transportation, care, main— tenance, and treatment of lepers, court costs, and other expenses incident to proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken for commitment of mentally incompetent persons to hospitals for the care and treatment of the insane, and reasonable burial expenses (not excecdinrr $100 for any patient dying in hospital), $4,900,000: _ Proviciedl, That the Immigration Service shall permit the Public §'s§°"f,‘}"Em,, mud Health Service to use the hos itals at Ellis Island Immigration ¤°¤Pi¤·*S· Station for the care of Public Health Service patients,‘free of ex— pense for physical upkeep, but with a charge of actual cost for fuel, light, water, telephone, and similar supplies and services, to be covered into the proper Immigration Service appropriations; Receipts ,0,,. M_ and moneys collected by the Immipation Service on account of mamzomwruawy. hospital expenses of persons detained under the immigration laws and regulations at Ellis Island Immigration Station shall be " covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided fur— _ d ther, That no part of this sum shall be used for the quarantine U°°"°"”° °°` service, the prevention of epidemics, or scientific work of the character provided for under the appropriations which follow.
