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CRIMES '''§ 7. Appointment of Chief, Investigators and Employees.)''' The attorney general shall appoint and fix the salary of a chief of the bureau, such special agents, and such other employees as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter within the limits of legislative appropriations therefor.

§ 8. Furnishing of Equipment.) The attorney general shall provide the bureau with necessary furniture, fixtures, apparatus, appurtenances, appliances, materials and equipment as he deems necessary for the collection, filing and preservation of all records required by law to be filed with the bureau or which he may authorize or require to procure respecting the identification and investigation of criminals, the investigation of crime and detection of the perpetrators thereof and identification and information concerning stolen, lost, found, pledged or pawned property.

§ 9. Powers and Duties of the Bureau.) The duties and responsibilities of the bureau shall be:

1. To cooperate with and assist the criminal bureau of the department of justice at Washington, D. C. and similar departments in other states in establishing and carrying on a complete system of criminal identification;

2. To cooperate with and assist all judges, state's attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, and all other law enforcement officers of this or any other state and of the federal government in establishing such system of criminal identification;

3. To file for record the fingerprint impressions of every person confined in any penitentiary or jail when such person is suspected of having committed a felony or of being a fugitive from justice, and to file such other information as they may receive from the law enforcement officers of this or any other state, or from the federal government;

4. To assist the sheriffs and other peace officers in establishing a system for the apprehension of criminals and detection of crime;

5. When called upon by any state's attorney, sheriff, police officer, marshal and other peace officers, the superintendent, chief of the bureau and their investigators may assist, aid, and cooperate in the investigation, apprehension, arrest, detention and conviction of all persons believed to be guilty of committing any felony within the state;