SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 477. 1925. 1243 Gannmonn Mumcirar. Hosrrriu, G¤11i¤z¤rH<>spit¤1. Salaries: For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- S°]°"°" tion Act of 1923, $170,000. For maintenance, maintenance of horses and horse-drawn vehicles, M"i”°°“““°°‘ books of reference and periodicals, not to exceed $50, and all other necessary expenses, $134,400. For repairs to buildings, $5,000. Repairs- CHILD·CARING INSTITUTIONS taoqgud-wing institu· Boann or CHILDREN,S cvnnnmivs Glgtozrd or cmmmrs mus. ,/ Administration: For administrative expenses, including placing pehgexsglgtmnén °x` and visiting children, city directory, purchase of books of reference »"/ and periodicals not exceeding $25, and all olice and sundry ex- ` penses, $5,000; and no part of the moneys herein appropriated shall L§*¤¤*iSi*>¤*i<>¤¤f be used for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Chil- Wu ' dren’s Guardians placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland, and a ward placed outside said District and the States of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntari agent or correspondent of said board, and that said board shall ave power, upon proper showing, in its discretion, to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care. Salaries: For personal services in accordance with the Classifica— Emmtion Act of 1923, $51,300. . _ $ gor maintenance of feeb1e—minded children (white and colored), .k{§?b1°“““°°d °m` 3 ,500. For board and care of all children_committed to the guardian- dr§g°*'°· °°°·» °‘ ***1* ship of said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary ` care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, $120,000. The disbursing officer of the District o Columbia is authorized ·*""°°°°°*°“¥°'“· to advance to the agent of the Board of Children’s Guardians, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as may be required of said agent by the commissioners, sums of money not to exceed $400 at any one time, to be used for expenses in placing and visiting children, traveling on oihcial business of the boar , and for office and sundry expenses, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting oflicers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemize vouchers properly approved. nrsrmor rnnimxo scnoor. S§§§§{"°‘ T“‘“""‘ For continuing construction of the home and school for feeble- ,,§,°“‘,§}f°*',?,§.°°‘}§‘,§{';; minded persons, as authorized by the District of Columbia Appro- mtegejzmggsegzb priation Act approved February 28, 1923, by day labor or otherwise ‘ ' as the commissioners may consider to be most advantageous to the _ District of Columbia, $17 0,000; for maintenance, salaries, and other {},;,“‘§f‘,§f"}‘§’§·°‘°· necessary expenses, including the maintenance of a nonpassengercarrying motor vehicle, and the purchase of a one—ton motor truck at not to exceed $1,500, and the purchase and maintenance of horses and wagons, $18,300; in all, $188,300.
