PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 189-MAY 14, 1940 Proisos. Minor purchases. Post, p. 1109. Use of funds. Salaries. Conduct of customs cases. Enforcement of an- titrust, etc. , laws. Salary restriction. Provisos. Permanent regional offices, restriction. Senate approval of appointments at $7,500 or more. Bond and Spirits Division. type, and telephone service at the seat of government or elsewhere as the Attorney General may direct; not to exceed $3,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; traveling expenses; payment of rewards when specifically authorized by the Attorney General for information leading to the apprehension of fugitives from justice, including not to exceed $100,000 to meet unforseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, who shall make a certifi- cate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; and including not to exceed $245,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; $2,488,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the field when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50: Providedfurther, That none of the funds appropriated herein under the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be used to pay the com- pensation of any civil-service employee, except fingerprint classifiers. BUREAU OF PRISONS Salaries: For salaries in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in connection with the supervision of the maintenance and care of United States prisoners, $308,000. MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General; necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of gov- ernment and elsewhere, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General, including experts at such rates of compen- sation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General; expenses of procuring evidence, supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and Federal Reporter and Digests, and other miscella- neous and incidental expenses to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; in all, $128,500. Enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws: For the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, except that the compensation paid to any person employed hereunder shall not exceed the rate of $10,000 per annum, including personal services in the District of Columbia, $1,325,000: Provided, That none of this appropriation shall be expended for the establish- ment and maintenance of permanent regional offices of the Antitrust Division: Providedfurther, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the payment of any person hereafter appointed at a salary of $7,500 or more for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws unless such person is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Bond and Spirits Division: For salaries and expenses in connec- tion with the preliminary determination of civil liabilities arising under acts pursuant to the eighteenth amendment before repeal; the preliminary determination of compromises and petitions for remis- sion of forfeitures arising out of current internal-revenue liquor laws; the supervision of the collection on forfeited bail bonds and judgments and fines imposed in criminal cases; personal services in 202 [54 STAT.
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