55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 258 -JUNE 28, 1941 $4,147,000: Provided, That the United States marshals and their deputies may be allowed, in lieu of actual expenses of transportation, not to exceed 3 cents per mile for the use of privately owned auto- mobiles for transportation when traveling on official business within the limits of their official station. Fees of witnesses: For mileage and per diems of witnesses and for per diems in lieu of subsistence; and for payment of the expenses of witnesses, as provided by section 850, Revised Statutes (28 U. S. C . 604), including the expenses, mileage, and per diems of witnesses on behalf of the Government before the United States Customs Court, such payments to be made on the certification of the attorney for the United States and to be conclusive as provided by section 846, Revised Statutes (28 U. S . C . 577), $1,400,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be available for such compensation and expenses of witnesses or informants as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, which approval shall be conclusive: Providedfurther, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used to pay any witness more than one attend- ance fee for any one calendar day, which fee shall not exceed $1.50 except in the District of Alaska. Pay and expenses of bailiffs: For pay of bailiffs, not exceeding three bailiffs in each court, except in the southern district of New York and the northern district of Illinois; and meals and lodging for bailiffs or deputy marshals in attendance upon juries in United States cases, when ordered by the court, $307,000: Provided, That, except in the case of bailiffs in charge of juries over Sundays and holidays, no per diem shall be paid to any bailiff unless the judge is present and presiding in court or present in chambers: Provided further, That none of this appropriation shall be used for the pay of bailiffs when deputy marshals or marshals are available for the duties ordinarily executed by bailiffs, the fact of unavailability to be determined by the certificate of the marshal. PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITTrIONs Salaries and expenses: For every expenditure authorized by law or by orders and regulations made in pursuance of law, not other- wise provided for, requisite for and incident to the support of pris- oners, and the maintenince and operation of Federal penal and correctional institutions; expenses of interment or transporting remains of deceased inmates to their homes in the United States; purchase of not to exceed sixteen passenger-carrying automobiles; purchase of one bus at not to exceed $15,000; maintenance and repair of passenger-carrying automobiles; expenses of attendance at meet- ings concerned with the work of the Prison Service when authorized in writing by the Attorney General; traveling expenses, including traveling expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by law incurred in the discharge of their official duties; transfer of house- hold goods and effects, as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, No. 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; furnish- ing of uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official duties; newspapers, books, and periodicals; firearms and ammunition; purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; under the following heads: Provided, That any part of the appropriations under this heading used for payment of salaries of personnel employed in the operation of prison commissaries shall be reimbursed from commissary earn- ings, and such reimbursement shall be in addition to the amounts appropriated herein: 295 Proviso. Transportation al- lowance. Provisos. Authorization by Attorney General. Limitation on at- tendance fee. Provisos. Per diem restriction. Restriction on use of funds. Vehicles. 54 Stat. 1105 . 5U.S.C.§73c-1. Proviso. Prison commis- saries.
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