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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 189 -MAY 14, 1940 Short title. Department of Jus- tice Appropriation Act, 1941. meetings concerned with the work of the Patent Office when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appro- priation Act, 1941". TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNE. GOENERAL Detection and pros- ecution of crimes. FEDERAL BTREEAU OF INVESTIGATION Salaries and expenses, detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United [54 STAT. 200 Personal services, For personal services in the District of Columbia as follows: designated offices. Post, pp. 644, 1043 . For the Office of the Attorney General, $70,000. For the Office of the Solicitor General, $69,000. For the Office of the Assistant Solicitor General, $48,900. For the Office of Assistant to the Attorney General, $77,500. For the Administrative Division, $639,500. For the Tax Division, $567,500. For the Criminal Division, $230,000. For the Claims Division, $325,500. For the Office of Pardon Attorney, $26,100. Total, personal services, Office of the Attorney General, $2,054,000. ofInterchgeability Not to exceed 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be avail- able interchangeably for expenditures in the various offices and divisions named, but not more than 5 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said offices or divisions and any interchange of appropriations hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. pectingent ex- Contingent expenses: For stationery, furniture and repairs, floor Post, p. 644. coverings, file holders and cases; miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing and telephones, and teletype rentals and tolls, postage, labor, typewriters and adding machines and the exchange thereof and repairs thereto, streetcar fares, newspapers not exceeding $350, press clippings, and other necessaries ordered by the Attorney General; official transportation, including the repair, maintenance, and opera- tion of four motor-driven passenger cars (one for the Attorney Gen- eral and three for general use of the Department), delivery trucks, and motorcycle, to be used only for official purposes; purchase of law- books, books of reference, and periodicals, including the exchange thereof; examination of estimates of appropriation in the field; and miscellaneous and emergency expenses authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, $175,000: U. S. code Anno- Provided,That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the cur- tatedpriceligtatioen. rent and future volumes of the United States Code Annotated. Post, p. 644 . Traveling expenses: For all necessary traveling expenses, Depart- Exceptions. ment of Justice, not including traveling expenses otherwise payable under any appropriations for "Federal Bureau of Investigation" "Salaries and expenses of marshals", "Fees of witnesses", and "Penal and correctional institutions" (except as otherwise hereinbefore pro- Attendanceatmeet- vided), $589,000: Provided, That this sum shall be available, in an ngs, Bureau of Pris- amount not to exceed $3,500, for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Bureau of Prisons when incurred on the written authorization of the Attorney General. Printing and bind- Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Depart- Post, p.644 . ment of Justice, $325,000.