Act; (5) appoint as custodian for said appropriations its State treasurer, who shall receive and provide for the proper custody and disbursement of all money paid to the State from said appropriations. In any State the legislature of which does not meet in regular session between the date of the passage of this Act and December 31, 1920, if the governor of that State shall accept the provisions of this Act, such State shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act until the legis lature of such State meets in due course and has been in session sixty days. SEC. 4. That the Federal Board for Vocational Education shall have power to cooperate with State boards in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, and is hereby authorized to make and establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the provisions of this Act; to provide for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and their return to civil employment and to cooperate for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, with such public and private agencies as it may deem advisable. It shall be the duty of said board (1) to examine plans submitted by the State boards and approve the same if believed to be feasible and found to be in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this Act; (2) to ascertain annually whether the several States are using or are prepared to use the money received by them in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (3) to certify on or before the 1st day of January of each year to the Secretary of the Treasury each State which has accepted the provisions of this Act and complied therewith, together with the amount which each State is entitled to receive under the provisions of this Act; (4) t deduct from the next succeeding allotment to any State whenever any portion of the fund annually allotted has not been expended for the purpose provided for in this Act a sum equal to such unexpended portion; (5) to withhold the allotment of moneys to any State whenever it shall be determined that moneys allotted are not being expended for the purposes and conditions of this Act; (6) to require the replacement by withholding subsequent allotments of any portion of the moneys received by the custodian of any State under this Act that by any action or contingency is diminished or lost: Provided, That if any allotment is withheld from any State, the State board of such State may appeal to the Congress of the United States, and if the Congress shall not, within one year from the time of said appeal, direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the certification of the Federal board as provided in this Act, shall pay quarterly to the custodian of each State appointed as herein provided the moneys to which it is entitled under the provisions of this Act. The money so received by the custodian for any State shall be paid out on the requisition of the State board as reimbursement for services already rendered or expenditures already incurred and approved by said State board. The Federal Board for Vocational Education shall make an annual report to the Congress on or before December 1 on the administration of this Act and shall include in such report the reports made by the State boards on the administration of this Act by each State and the expenditure of the money allotted to each State. SEC. 6. That there is hereby appropriated to the Federal Board for Vocational Education the sum of $75,000 annually for a period of four years for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports regarding the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and their placements in suitable or gainful occupations, and for the administrative expenses of said board incident to performing the duties imposed by this Act, including salaries of such assistants, experts, clerks, and other employees, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere as the board may deem necessary, actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred by the members of the board and by its employees, under its orders, including attendance at meetings of educational associations and other organizations, rent and equipment of offices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books of reference, law books, and periodicals, stationery, typewriters and exchange thereof, miscellaneous supplies, postage on foreign mail, printing and binding to be done at the Government Printing Office, and all other necessary expenses. A full report of all expenses under this section, including names of all employees and salaries paid them, traveling expenses and other expenses incurred by each and every employee and by members of the board, shall be submitted annually to Congress by the board. No salaries shall be paid out of the fund provided in this section in excess of the following amounts: At the rate of $5,000 per annum, to not more than one person; at the rate of $4,000 per annum each, to not more than four persons; at the rate of $3,500 per annum each, to not more than five persons; and no other employee shall receive compensation at a rate in excess of $2,500 per annum: Provided, That no person receiving compensation at less than $3,500 per annum shall receive in excess of the amount of compensation paid in the regular departments of the Government for like or similar services. SEC. 7. That the Federal Board for Vocational Education is hereby authorized and empowered to receive such gifts and donations from either public or private sources as may be offered unconditionally. All moneys received as gifts or donations shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall constitute a permanent fund, to be called the "Special fund for vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons," to be used under the direction of the said board to defray the expenses of providing and maintaining courses of vocational rehabilitation in special cases, including the payment of necessary expenses of persons undergoing training. A full report of all gifts and donations offered and accepted, together with the names of the donors and the respective amounts contributed by each, and all disbursements therefrom shall be submitted annually to Congress by said board: Provided, That no discrimination shall be made or permitted for or against any person or persons who are entitled to the benefits of this Act because of membership or nonmembership in any industrial, fraternal, or private organization of any kind under a penalty of $200 for every violation thereof. Approved, June 2, 1920. INDEX. (All references are to marginal numbers.) Acceptance, Federal act, suggested type Examinations, medical, expenditure for, of, 101-111. Annual Report, to Congress, 22(3); to Appropriations, Federal, for administra- Cases, rehabilitation, closure of, 60-71; Civil employees of United States, eligi- Closure, classification of cases, 68; entries, Communication, expenditure for, 38. Correspondence schools, tuition for, 39. Disabled person, definition of, 17. Disbursement Federal funds, procedure Education, classification in records, 58. 32. Employment training, definition of, 62; Equipment, expenditure for, adminis- 43. Expenditures, Federal funds, 12-16; Fiscal year, in administration, 33. For 79, 81-86; explanation of, 80-92. Form 82, 61; explanation of, 62, 60–71. Form 83, 51; explanation of, 52, 50-59. Forms for expenditures, explanation of, 72-79; general register, 74; individual cases, 73. Gifts, to Federal Board, conditions of, 26. Handicapped person, definition of, 17. Interest on Federal funds, 44. Investigations, Federal, appropriations for, 23. Rental, office, expenditure for, 38. Reports, by Federal agents, 35c; financial and statistical, 14 (see also Financial Reports and Statistical reports); special, 34; to Congress, 22(3), 45, 72. Research, expenditure for, 38. Restoration, physical, expenditure for 27, 41. Salaries, Federal, 23-25; State, expenditure for, 38. Schooling, classification of, 58. Job training. (See Employment train- Special services, definition of, 62; exing.) Legislature, empowering State board, 5. Live roll, classification of, 71; determination of, 71. Maintenance, expenditure for, 27. Matched funds, basis of allotments, 12; legitimate expenditure of, 27, 28, 37-43; State acceptance, 107. Medical examinations, expenditure for, 43. Participation in rehabilitation, Federal and State, 1, 2. planation of, 69. Standards, Federal act, mandatory, 30; discretionary, 31. State board, administrative responsibility, 30a, 36, 103; cooperation with Federal Board, 4, 5; obligations of, 7. State funds, purpose of expenditure, 12d; source of, 12a. State institutions for handicapped, conditions for rehabilitation in, 28. State plan, contents of, 13; required, 6; suggested type, 112. State treasurer, custodian, 19(5). Placement, rehabilitation by, definition Statistical information, system of re of, 62. Placement training. (See Employment training.) Plan, State, contents of, 13; required by Federal Board, 6; suggested type of, 112-117. Policies of Federal Board, 27-44. Printing, expenditure for, 23, 38. Prosthetic appliances, expenditure for, 41. Publicity, expenditure for, 38. Records. (See Financial records and Statistical records.) Registers, financial, forms, 73, 74; entries in, 75-79. Registered cases, closure of, 60–71. Registration of cases, explanation of form for, 52-59; Form 83, 51; prospective cases, 47. Rehabilitation act. (See Federal act.) Rehabilitation service, available to, 8, 16; definition of, 18; inception of cases, 46; supervision of, 30a. cording, 45-71; system of reporting, 80-92. Statistical records, 45–71. Statistical reports, 80-92; annual, 14; classification of personnel, 81, 87; closure for year, 82, 88; explanation covering, 80-92; Form 79, 81-86; live roll of cases, 85, 91; registration of cases, 84, 90; special services, 83-89; summary statement, 86, 92. Statistics, classification of, 57-59, 68; operation of system for, 70, 71; system for compiling, 46-71. Supplies, expenditure for, 38; instructional, 40. Training, employment, definition of, 62; Rehabilitation statistics. (See Statistics Vocational rehabilitation act. (See Fed |