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 74TII CONG RESS. SESS. I. CH. 39. MARCH 22, 1935. rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, so much as may be necessary in the discretion of the Attorney General for such expenses in the District of Alaska and in courts other than Federal courts, and traveling expenses pur- suant to the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended (U . S . C ., Supp ., VII, title 5 . ch . 16) ; rent of rooms for United States courts and judicial officers ; supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and adding machines, for the United States courts and jud icia l officers, including fir earms and ammu nition therefor ; purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, for United States judges, district attorneys. and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the ten United States circuit courts of appeals, and the Federal Reporter and continuations thereto as issued, $1,069,000 : Provided, That such books shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors in of fic e ; all books purchased here under to be mar ked plainly, "T he Prop erty o f the United States " : Provided further, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the current and future vol- umes of the United States Code, Annotated : Provided further, That the maximum salary paid to any stenographer or law clerk to any circuit or district judge shall not exceed $2,500 per annum : Provided further, That this limitation shall not operate to reduce the compen- sation of any stenographer now employed nor shall the salary of any stenographer drawing more than $2,500 per annum hereafter be increased. PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 83 Alaska. Travel expenses. Vol. 44, p. 6S8. U.S.C.,P.1U3. Rent, supplies, etc. Law books for judi- cial officers. Federal Reporter. Provisos. Transmittal to suc- cessors. U. S. Code, Annotat- ed, price limitation. Ma xim um sa lar y, stenographer or law clerk. Present stenogra- phers not affected . Penal and correc- tional institutions. For all services, including personal services compensated upon fee etc ervices, supplies, basis, supplies, materials, and equipment in connection with or inci- Post, p. 1120. dent to the subsistence and care of inmates and maintenance and upkeep of Federal penal and correctional institutions, incl uding farm and other operations not otherwise specifically provided for in the discretion of the Attorney General ; gratuities for inmates at release, provided such gratuities shall be furnished to inmates sen- tenced for terms of imprisonment of not less than six months, and transportation to the place of conviction or bona fide residence at the time of conviction or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General ; expenses of interment or transporting remains of deceased inmates to their homes in the United States ; maintenance and repair of passenger- carrying vehicles ; traveling expenses of institution officials and employees when traveling on official duty, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of th e seve ral institutions when authorized by the Attorney General, and including expenses incurred in pursuing and identifying escaped inmates ; traveling expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by law incurred in the discharge of their official duties ; packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects, not exceed- ing in any one case, five thousand pounds, of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty and uniforms for the guard force, when specifically authorized by the Attorney General ; rewards for the capture of escaped inmates ; newspapers, books, and periodicals ; firearms and ammunition ; tobacco for inmates ; and the purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock, when authorized by the Attorney General : 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 appropri ated herein. Proviso. Prison commissaries.