SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 178. 1923. 1425 inspector general, $3,500; assistant chief surgeon, $3,500; clerical services for the offices of the resident, general treasurer, chief surgeon, and inspector general, $¥l9,000; clerical services for mana rs, 2,•00; traveling expenses of the board of managers, their oflidizrs and employees, including officers of branch homes when detailed on inspection work, $14,000; outside relief, $100; legal services, medical examinations, stationery, telegrams, and other incidental expenses, $1,700; in all, $62,000. Total, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $4,354,500. State and Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors: For hm °' T°"“°““ continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of dis- ·‘·*dl°· abled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved 41Y1ii& p` M V°" August 27, 1888, as amended, including all clames of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volimteer Soldiers, $800,000: Provided, That for any sum or sums collected in any man- , m_ ner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for meas mm the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this roviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which {lie wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained. THE PANAMA CANAL. P¤¤¤¤¤=¤¤¤¤¤- The limitations on the expenditure of a ropriations hereinbefore L“““°“°”‘ “°* **1* made in this Act shall not apply to the aggropriations for the Pan- gligelild-to Bppmpm ama Canal. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the mainte· ·“‘°‘¥’°'““· nance and zperation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Oum md Canal and anal Zone, including the following: Compensation of all Wm ` officials and employees; foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals; law books not exceeding $500; textbooks and books of reference; printing and binding, including printi% of annual report; rent and personal services in the District of olumbia; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor—propelled and _ horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages to ves- °"‘“'"°'d°""“"“· sels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act; claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations• claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal; acquisition of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, asserting, stor- b{;*¤n1;:gg§},<;3¤;*gg¤*~ ing, repairing, and selling material, machinery and equipment here- ` tofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales; expenses incident to conducting hearings anrl examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein; per diem allowance in lieu of sub- Perdiemsubsiswnce. sistence when prescribed by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business, pur- Val 38 sw suant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved ‘ '°‘ ‘ August 1, 1914; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows: 42150°—-23--90
